The FBI has for the first time acknowledged that it uses drone aircraft domestically for surveillance in a “very minimal way”, even as the Obama administration grapples with the fallout from the public
disclosure of its covert spying programmes. FBI Director Robert Mueller said the law enforcement agency uses unmanned drones within the country for surveillance in certain difficult cases. Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday that drones are used by the FBI in a “very, very minimal way and very seldom”.