Photo: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Rep. Jane Harman. Both favor ending a Bush administration program that would allow satellites to be used for domestic spying. (AP)From The CBS News:
Napolitano To Nix Bush Administration Program, Funded In Obama Budget
(AP) Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to kill a program begun by the Bush administration that would use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement, a government official said Monday.
Napolitano recently reached her decision after the program was discussed with law enforcement officials, and she was told it was not an urgent issue, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about it.
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My Comment: A case to keep this program was never effectively made by the past administration .... nor by its present day supporters. With no real political support .... this program is now dead.
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