American Drone.

• Author: Evans, Zenon
• Position: Briefly Noted - Flight Plan: Charting a Course for Drones in Washington - Television program review - Brief article

Drones cover a big world, but the new documentary Flight Plan: Charting a Course for Drones in Washington focuses closely on one state that's already a hub for the devices, exploring users both private and public, from hobbyists to federal agencies.

Drones are making agriculture, commercial fishing, and firefighting cheaper and safer, and have pushed the once-poorest county in Washington into boom times.

But drones have a dark side--they enable government surveillance, police abuse, and the dangerous expansion of the power of innocuous-sounding agencies like...