It turns out that the police used the Ferguson unreast over the Michael Brown killing to get the FAA to issue a no fly zone - as it turns out specifically to preclude news helicopters. Read more here at KMBC.com [1]
Meanwhile, the Post Office is photographing every piece of mail sent through their system and shares the images with local and other law enforcement and agencies. Read more about this outrage here at Newsweek.com [2]
And the FBI created a fake on line AP article and a fake on line editon of the Seattle Times to find the IP address of those who clicked on the material. Read more here at WWMT.com [3]. Here at Talking Points Memo is a more detailed description of the FBI's AP deception [4].
Mobile phone info across the US is being sucked up by aircraft according to this BBC report [5].
Links:
[1] http://www.kmbc.com/news/ap-faa-closed-ferguson-airspace-to-block-news-coverage/29491620
[2] http://www.newsweek.com/postal-service-photographs-every-piece-mail-us-shares-agencies-request-it-280614
[3] http://www.wwmt.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/3c131ced-www.wwmt.com.shtml#.VFADoPnF_zk
[4] http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/james-comey-fbi-impersonated-reporter
[5] http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30054137