THE VATICAN GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING YOU !!! eom
"LoveSlinger" <lilhornie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Us neither. But ...
>
> "Congress delayed launch of the new office last October. Critics cited
> its potential to expand the role of military assets in domestic law
> enforcement, to turn new or as-yet-undeveloped technologies against
> Americans without adequate public debate, and to divert the existing
> civilian and scientific focus of some satellite work to security
> uses."
>
> So, you might want to familiarize yourselves with it, because it's
> your friendly and ever efficient Homeland Security Department's latest
> maneuver to spy on you, your privacy "rights" notwithstanding.
>
> -------------------------------
> "Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in U.S."
>
> "Congressional Critics Want More Assurances of Legality"
>
> By Spencer S. Hsu
> Wa****ngton Post Staff Writer
> Saturday, April 12, 2008; A03
>
>
>
> The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using
> the nation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon,
> rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea's legal
> authority.
>
> Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department will
> activate his department's new domestic satellite surveillance office
> in stages, starting as soon as possible with traditional scientific
> and homeland security activities -- such as tracking hurricane damage,
> monitoring climate change and creating terrain maps.
>
> Sophisticated overhead sensor data will be used for law enforcement
> once privacy and civil rights concerns are resolved, he said. The
> department has previously said the program will not intercept
> communications.
>
> "There is no basis to suggest that this process is in any way
> insufficient to protect the privacy and civil liberties of Americans,"
> Chertoff wrote to Reps. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) and Jane Harman
> (D-Calif.), chairmen of the House Homeland Security Committee and its
> intelligence subcommittee, respectively, in letters released
> yesterday.
>
> "I think we've fully addressed anybody's concerns," Chertoff added in
> remarks last week to bloggers. "I think the way is now clear to stand
> it up and go warm on it."
>
> His statements marked a fresh determination to operate the
> department's new National Applications Office as part of its
> counterterrorism efforts. The administration in May 2007 gave DHS
> authority to coordinate requests for satellite imagery, radar,
> electronic-signal information, chemical detection and other monitoring
> capabilities that have been used for decades within U.S. borders for
> mapping and disaster response.
>
> But Congress delayed launch of the new office last October. Critics
> cited its potential to expand the role of military assets in domestic
> law enforcement, to turn new or as-yet-undeveloped technologies
> against Americans without adequate public debate, and to divert the
> existing civilian and scientific focus of some satellite work to
> security uses.
>
> Democrats say Chertoff has not spelled out what federal laws govern
> the NAO, whose funding and size are classified. Congress barred
> Homeland Security from funding the office until its investigators
> could review the office's operating procedures and safeguards. The
> department submitted answers on Thursday, but some lawmakers promptly
> said the response was inadequate.
>
> "I have had a firsthand experience with the trust-me theory of law
> from this administration," said Harman, citing the 2005 disclosure of
> the National Security Agency's domestic spying program, which included
> warrantless eavesdropping on calls and e-mails between people in the
> United States and overseas. "I won't make the same mistake. . . . I
> want to see the legal underpinnings for the whole program."
>
> Thompson called DHS's release Thursday of the office's procedures and
> a civil liberties impact *****sment "a good start." But, he said, "We
> still don't know whether the NAO will pass constitutional muster since
> no legal framework has been provided."
>
> DHS officials said the demands are unwarranted. "The legal framework
> that governs the National Applications Office . . . is reflected in
> the Constitution, the U.S. Code and all other U.S. laws," said DHS
> spokeswoman Laura Keehner. She said its operations will be subject to
> "robust," structured legal scrutiny by multiple agencies.
>
>
http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103655.html
>
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