DHS To Kill Domestic Satellite Spying Program 150
mcgrew writes "The Bush administration had plans in place to use spy satellites to spy on American citizens. This morning the AP reports that new DHS head Janet Napolitano has axed those plans. 'The program was announced in 2007 and was to have the Homeland Security Department use overhead and mapping imagery from existing satellites for homeland security and law enforcement purposes. The program, called the National Applications Office, has been delayed because of privacy and civil liberty concerns. The program was included in the Obama administration's 2010 budget request, according to Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat and House homeland security committee member who was briefed on the department's classified intelligence budget.'"
It's Far, Far More Efficient... (Score:4, Funny)
...to contract with Google to do it for them.
Why build when you can outsource?
Re:Good (Score:3, Funny)
But jaywalking is a federal issue, it ummm effects the children, or is a terrorist act, or something like that...
Re:Good (Score:3, Funny)
Well, there are a lot them.
Death Penalty (Score:3, Funny)
It's murder and conspiracy. This is the same damn thing we executed Tookie for. Death penalty. You cannot have cops murdering people and planting evidence to justify it. Absolutely not. Death penalty.
Re:Good (Score:2, Funny)
No, no, no... you've got it all wrong. See, there's the possibility that you might jaywalk across state lines while carrying items to be sold. Therefore, jaywalking falls under the "interstate commerce" clause of the Constitution, and federal regulation applies to all street crossings and incidents of jaywalking.