EarthViewer images of Pine Valley, California circa 2004.
Tech Insider: The CIA had amazing mapping technology way before Google
Before we used Google Earth and Google Maps to find our way, the CIA used similar tools for spy missions in Iraq.
The earliest version of the CIA's satellite imagery software, called EarthViewer, was actually invented at the turn of the millennium. Starting in the early 2000s, the CIA used it to pinpoint movement in Iraqi warehouses or camps, since it showed topography changes over time.
EarthViewer looked pretty different from modern-day Google Earth, but the software laid the foundation for it, Toni Hiley, executive director of the CIA Museum, tells Tech Insider.
"This technology started in our world for operational reasons, but later crossed over to the private sector to benefit mankind," she says.
WNU Editor: One has to wonder on what are they using now.
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WNU Editor,
Tip for you:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/al-shabab-terror-group-uses-donald-trump-soundbite-in-purported-propaganda-video/
Thank you for the link Jay.
I've been expecting this since Hillary Clinton made her claim that extremists were using Donald Trump as a recruiting tool. No video was found when she made her claim .... so I expected one to be produced ASAP after that. Even people like Rush Limbaugh were predicting that this was going to happen.
So now we have a video. But will this video be effective right now .... I doubt it. Most people in the world do not know who Donald Trumps is .... especially in places like Somalia. But if he wins the Republican Presidential nomination .... and he becomes more widely known around the world .... that may (and probably will) change dramatically.
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