Monday, October 6, 2008

New surveillance program will turn military satellites on US

ArsTechnica.com:

"An appropriations bill signed by President Bush last week allows the controversial National Applications Office to begin operating a stringently limited version of a program that would turn military spy satellites on the US, sharing imagery with other federal, state, and local government agencies. The government's own watchdog agency, the Government Accountability Office, has warned in an unpublished report that the more expansive program in the offing lacks adequate safeguards to protect privacy and civil liberties."

What is the purpose--which can only be fraudulent--for this idiocy? Military satellites to watch American citizens? Looking for what

Jackbooted thugs marching into Our streets, peering into Our homes. Literally.

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