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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."

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  1. Re:Mac SpySats by CoolMoDee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't know about most people out there, but I use my mac for a few reasons: Software consistantcy, comfortable keyboard (White iBook G3), and Cocoa. According to your little list of types of people that use macs, I fit in excatly...zero. Think Troll.

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  2. Judas Priest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    This reminds me of my favorite Judas Priest song.

    Out here in space
    I'm looking down on you
    My lasers trace
    Everything you do

    You think you've private lives
    Think nothing of the kind
    There is no true escape
    I'm watching all the time

    I'm made of metal
    My circuits gleam
    I am perpetual
    I keep the country clean

    I'm elected electric spy
    I protected electric eye

    Always in focus
    You can't feel my stare
    I zoom into you
    You don't know I'm there

    I take a pride in probing all your secret moves
    My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove

    I'm made of metal!
    My circuits gleam!
    I am perpetual
    I keep the country clean!

    I'm elected electric spy
    I protected electric eye

    [Totally wicked guitar solo]

    Electric eye, in the sky
    Feel my stare, always there

    There's nothing you can do about it
    Develop and expose
    I feed upon your every thought
    And so my power grows

    I'm made of metal!
    My circuits gleam!
    I am perpetual
    I keep the country clean!

    I'm elected electric spy
    I protected electric eye
    ...