10.10.2014 - 18:39 [ Electronic Privacy Information Center ]

“Eyes Over Washington” – EPIC Obtains New Documents About Surveillance Blimps

EPIC has obtained new documents detailing the Department of Army’s use of surveillance blimps over the nation’s capital. The documents include thirty heavily redacted pages of equipment descriptions and data. In May EPIC filed suit against the Department of the Army to obtain details about a sophisticated tracking and targeting system that will be deployed over Washington, DC during the next three years. JLENS is comprised of two 250′ blimps.