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Spysats Keeping Watch on the U.S.
Anonymous And Slightly Nervous Coward writes "USA Today is carrying an AP story that claims three years' worth of domestic satellite surveillance courtesy of a DoD agecy called the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Their work includes getting cooperation from entities pointing cameras onto private property such as hotels (all you HOPE and Defcon attendees, please wave for the camera). The agency seems to be taking the aw-shucks line on what they know and to what extent they evaluate the data they get, but it's clear that their mandate is seriously overpowering the oversight structures that would normally be watching it."
with stuff like the patriot act, i will repeat "You have no right to privacy"
bush, cheney, and ashcroft have to go, or this will no longer be the land of the free
vodka, straight up, thank you!
Get out your DNC talking points... (Score:-1)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 27, @03:22PM (#10365446)
How is this different from NORAD watching our domestic skies?!
If NORAD detects Larry Ellison getting a DUI in his Leer Jet, they are not going to shoot it down any more than these "Spy Sats" are going to bust you for smoking a joint in your car!
"then don't go places that have serious security concerns."
Like where, exactly? New York?
"Protect America. Vote Bush."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Bush is the biggest security threat the US has ever had. Makes Hitler (who after all was across the Atlantic) look like Bart Simpson.
Every intelligence agent, consultant and military authority on the planet has now come down saying Bush's policies have literally made the entire planet less safe from terrorism and war.
"War on terror", my ass.
"Troll" doesn't tell the half of it. We need a mod that says "Fucking moron".
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
Stupid yank. Next thing you'll tell us is that Osama was hiding in Iraq. Then you'll tell us he is hiding in either Syria or Iran. At least you managed to protect yourselves from known terrorists Cat Stevens and Ted Kennedy. Morons.
Love it or leave it, pinko.
We all should have seen this comming. It is as Thomas Hobbes says in his writting, Leviathan. Basically, we give up some of our rights, so that a large beast, our government, can come in and take over to restore order. The difference is we are not the Fiji islands asking the British for help. We raised this one ourselfs. So bring out the offering plates, I think he's getting hungry again.
The US does not create terrorists. Last time I checked, terrorists were capable of making decisions, and they (surprise) can/do act on them.
Besides, if you are referring to the middle-east, that is an age-old war for supremacy which spans many different governments and precedes the US by at least 2000 years. Various texts account very well these events (for example, the Bible).
Thank you.