Spies are everywhere, even in space
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People all over the world are questioning whether or not the
US should be in
Iraq. Here in the US, we are questioning the extent to which
the government is spying on ordinary citizens by monitoring
our phone calls, library withdrawals and email transmissions.
Now it turns out they?re even using NASA satellites to spy on
us.
Katherine Shrader reports in space.com that the National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, run by a retired general with
42 years of intelligence experience, can take detailed satellite
images of any activity that is taking place anywhere on
earth. General James Clapper readily admits to tracking
Katrina damage in New Orleans, but it's obvious that there's a
lot more than can be tracked by satellite as well?including
what where we go and what we do when we get there.
In a recent poll, 65% of Americans said that they think the
National Security Agency's telephone data base is an
acceptable means of providing for national security, as long
as it is being used only for the purpose stated by the
President, which is to catch terrorists before they can act.
Executive
Order 12333, passed in 1981, is supposed to restrict the
collection of intelligence on American citizens and companies.
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