De bewegingen van de V.S. om spionsatellieten voor binnenlands toezicht te gebruiken

 AFP

De Verenigde Staten bewegen zich om het gebruik van spionsatellieten voor binnenlands toezicht, dat zijn „ogen in hemel“ binnenste draait om zich tegen terrorisme te verzetten en uiteindelijk voor wetshandhaving, een bovengenoemde Woensdag van de V.S. uit te breiden ambtenaar.

De directeur van nationale intelligentie, Michael McConnell, breidde de waaier van federale en lokale agentschappen uit die kunnen onttrekken in beeldspraak van spionsatellieten in een memorandum in Mei aan

He also expanded the kind of intelligence that can be made available to include measurement and signature intelligence, which is used to identify and track targets by their particular physical characteristics, the official said.

“There is no new legal ground being broken here,” said the official, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on the plans Wednesday.

NASA, the Federal Emergency Management Administration and US Geological Survey have had access to imagery from US reconnaissance satellites in the past.

But the new authorities raise questions about its implications for US civil liberties, and the extent to which law enforcement agencies will be able to spy on Americans using tools to spy on foreign adversaries.

The official said the use of satellites by law enforcement would proceed “slowly” to make sure that civil liberties are protected.

Initially, the satellites will be used for “homeland security” missions like border control, monitoring key infrastructure and disaster response, the official said.

The Department of Homeland Security will control access through a committee that will draft “proper use memorandums” stipulating what the intelligence can be used for, the official said.

The committee is not expected to take up law enforcement requests for access until sometime next year.

The plan has been vetted throughout the national government and the appropriate congressional committees have signed off, approving a reallocation of funds for it, the official said.

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