Space-Based Domestic Spying: Kicking Civil Liberties to the Curb

Space-Based Domestic Spying: Kicking Civil Liberties to the Curb

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Testifying before the House Homeland Security committee in September, Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU's Technology and Liberty Project, called for a moratorium on the domestic use of military spy satellites until key questions were answered. Steinhardt said, "Congress needs to act before this potentially powerful surveillance tool is turned inward upon the American people. The domestic use of spy satellites represents a potential monster in the making, and we need to put some restraints

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I am not to sure what to think about this. My first thought is that this is doing an end run around any domestic spying laws. Using spy satellites, last I remember spy satellites were all controlled by the military, if that not correct could some one please explain who it is who controls the U.S. spy satellites?
The border patrol using the predator is something else again. That at least could be justified I think at this point.

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