I see the government is getting in front of the satellite spying

[rzemanfl]

story this morning. I'm half awake so if this has been posted before, I'm sorry. Interesting that this "feel good" story came out before dawn on a Saturday after a whistleblower hinted at it on Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060513/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/spies_eyes

[annabanana]

1. "trust us"

"Among the government's most closely guarded secrets, the quality of pictures NGA receives from classified satellites is believed to far exceed the one-meter resolution available commercially. That means they can take a satellite "snapshot" from high above the atmosphere that is crisply detailed down to one meter level, which is 3.3 feet.

Clapper says his agency only does big pictures, so concerns about using the NGA's foreign intelligence apparatus at home doesn't apply.

"We are not trying to examine an individual dwelling, for example, because what our mission is normally going to be is looking at large areas," he said. "It doesn't really affect or threaten anyone's privacy or civil liberties when you are looking at a large collective area.""


I'M GOING TO START CARRYING A BIG BLACK UMBRELLA!!

[rzemanfl]

3. I feel sorry for those bright young analysts looking into our hot

tub. Guess what kiddies? When you get the other side of fifty you'd be happy to look like us.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Oh come on

all this spying is good for us. Why do people have to be so negative all the time?

The fact that they watched the levees break in New Orleans and didn't tell anybody in the WH what was going on just proves how good they are at keeping secrets.

:sarcasm:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Don't forget your hat