Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Spy On US

American taxpayer money is spent on spy satellites that are turned to spy on Americans.

Domestic Access to Spy Imagery Expands

By EILEEN SULLIVAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law-enforcement missions is moving forward after being delayed for months because of privacy and civil liberties concerns.

The charter and legal framework for an office within the Homeland Security Department that would use overhead and mapping imagery from existing satellites is in the final stage of completion, according to a department official who requested anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about it.

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