Secret Aerial Surveillance Over U.S. Cities by Aircraft Owned by "Dummy" Companies?

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From June 2, 2015
(HuffPo)

"FBI Confirms Wide-Scale Use Of Surveillance Flights Over U.S. Cities"

"The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the U.S. carrying video and at times, cell phone surveillance technology -- all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, the Associated Press has learned.
The FBI confirmed for the first time the wide-scale use of the aircraft, which the AP traced to at least 13 fake companies, such as FVX Research, KQM Aviation, NBR Aviation and PXW Services.
Even basic aspects of the program are withheld from the public in censored versions of official reports from the Justice Department's Inspector General."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026767319



From June 5, 2015
(Wired Magazine)

"What An NYPD SPY Copter Reveals About The FBI's Spy Planes"

"The New York Police Department had a high-tech surveillance helicopter that it obtained in 2003 through a government grant and exposed publicly to the media that year when it gave journalists a tour of the $10 million toy.
Wired Magazine began investigating the chopper in 2008, and uncovered, but hasn't published until now information about the precise surveillance components installed on it and the methods the NYPD used to conceal it's ownership and operation.
Like the FBI, the NYPD used a shell company to register the aircraft.
But the NYPD also requested special 'undercover' registration handling from the FAA to thwart tracking by aviation enthusiasts who might spot it in the air and attempt to investigate the registration number associated with it.
The NYPD also asked the FAA to notify it's aviation unit if anyone contacted the agency inquiring about the aircraft.
Last month, the issue of secret law enforcement aircraft began getting attention after plane spotters around the country began reporting suspicious aircraft registered to shell companies that were flying unusual routes over numerous cities.
The Associated Press caught on to the stories and this week published it's own piece identifying some fifty surveillance aircraft that were registered to more than a dozen shell companies and were being used by FBI field offices around the country."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016124063



From May 29, 2015
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)

"Mysterious Low-Flying Plane Over Twin Cities Raises Questions Of Surveillance"
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