Could that plane flying overhead actually be a Pentagon drone on a spying mission over U.S. soil? Yes, apparently, although the Pentagon said when it has deployed spy drones on non-military missions over the U.S. that it was done lawfully.

Details are scarce about the Pentagon’s domestic spying missions – other than they have happened on rare occasions – “fewer than 20 times between 2006 and 2015” – according to a Defense Department report obtained by USA Today via a Freedom of Information Act request. The Pentagon must have laughed when USA Today requested a list of the spy flights; the request was denied.

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