It sounds like a Hollywood movie, but surveillance technologies developed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be coming to a city near you. Will "wide-area surveillance" and "facial recognition" make America safer? Do they threaten the right to privacy and the presumption of innocence? Also, Russia and Ukraine reach a deal, but pro-Russia militants are ignoring it. On today's Talking Point: a planet 500 light years away that looks very familiar.
Banner image: Imagery from Persistent Surveillance's "wide-area surveillance" technologies.