Obama Calls Regulate The Use Of Drones After The Incident At The White House

President Barack Obama called for imposing regulations to commercial and recreational use of drones, a growth industry after one of those drones crashed on Monday at dawn in the gardens of the White House.

In excerpts from an interview with CNN, released Tuesday and recorded in India, Obama said the drones can develop “incredibly useful” functions, citing as an example its value to monitor crops or the intention of the company to use Amazon to deliver packages.

“But not really have any regulatory structure for all,” he said.

The president said he has contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA, for its acronym in English), which has already issued some guidelines on the use of drones, and other government agencies to study how to regulate “new technology“.

On Monday morning, a small drone cuadrotor type (four helices) and 60 centimeters (23 inches) long, crashed in the gardens of southeast area of ​​the White House.

That kind of drone can “buy at Radio Shack,” Obama said in the interview.

Responsible for operating the drone

A report from The New York Times notes that responsible for operating the device is an employee of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA, for its acronym in English) that was drunk when he lost control of the device.

The man appeared voluntarily before Secret Service agents, the body charged with protecting the US president and his family, and argued that it was an accident.

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According to his account, was operating the drone recreation near the White House when he accidentally lost control of the device.

According to White House spokesman Josh Earnest, the incident caused no threat to anyone in the building.

Obama and his wife, Michelle, were an official visit to India when the drone crashed in the gardens of the presidential residence.

Secret Service failures in the past

The two daughters of Obama and President-law, Marian Robinson, who lives with them, yes were in Washington, but have not specified whether they were in the White House when the incident occurred.

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Last year the Secret Service was heavily criticized by several security flaws that led to the resignation in October of its director, Julia Pierson.

One of the most serious incidents occurred on September 19, when Omar J. Gonzalez,a veteran of the Iraq war with alleged mental problems, managed to come armed with a knife in the White House and access the first floor of the presidential residence.

In December, a panel of security experts recommended that the fence surrounding the White House ariseth in more than a meter, which increased the number of agents that make the Secret Service and improve your workout.