Thursday, February 14, 2008

Like Google Earth, but pointed directly at your head and with cops, the government, and their wrongdoing-immune private security firms watching your every move.

A plan to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law-enforcement missions is moving forward after being delayed for months because of privacy and civil liberties concerns.

The charter and legal framework for an office within the Homeland Security Department that would use overhead and mapping imagery from existing satellites is in the final stage of completion, according to a department official who requested anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about it.

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