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| Spy Agency Watching Americans From Space |
| 2006-05-15 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) - A little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil. In an era when other intelligence agencies try to hide those operations, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper, is proud of that domestic mission. He said the work the agency did after hurricanes Rita and Katrina was the best he'd seen an intelligence agency do in his 42 years in the spy business. "This was kind of a direct payback to the taxpayers for the investment made in this agency over the years, even though in its original design it was intended for foreign intelligence purposes," Clapper said in a Thursday interview with The Associated Press. Rest at link. To me, this is just more fodder for the Hayden confirmation; the title is hugely misleading when compared to the actual content of the article. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #5 When Hillary is president and the US is a socialist country and the spies work for the democrats, oldspook. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-05-15 21:55 |
| #4 Former NIMA - NGA now. Spying on Americans? What friggen asshat came up with thaat headline? IMINT is important to firefighters, flood control, emerceny regional planners, etc. Thats why they get tasking over the US for stuff like that. When wil the idiots in the media stop with the LIES and ignorant overdramatization of everything out there? |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-05-15 21:03 |
| #3 Good old NGA! I have lots of friends and associates that work there. It's not quite as secret as NSA, but does good work. Unfortunately, the ass-hats at Langley don't listen very well to what's learned by this group. Commercial "spy satellites" have reduced the "glamor" of satellite imagery, but it's still one of the most reliable methods of gathering intelligence from "denied" areas, including Africa. If Hugo wants to know, yes we DO know what color pajamas he wears at night... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-05-15 19:28 |
| #2 You mean the government know I didn't mow my lawn? The horror. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-05-15 18:54 |
| #1 "Spy Agency Watching Americans From Space" That's not as important as the watching going on from the Mothership. /tinfoil |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-15 18:48 |