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- theNazz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+41It's nice to know that I'm not flipping off the sky for nothing...
- aazn, on 10/10/2007, -3/+28"To be used"? What about ECHELON? I believe "already being used" is more appropirate here.
Deliberate use of pirate in the above misspelling of "appropriate." Because Pirates are awesome. - MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19Google maps beat them too it...
- iDragonFly, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18True.
However, now that the Senate has made it legal for BushCo to spy on us, they're openly admitting to it, unlike before.
No doubt the rest of the beast is being unfettered as we speak. - Kewlduderules, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18The government has been spying on us for years, via PROMIS, ECHELON, DARPA, and I'm sure with satellites too. They were just nice enough to let us know about it now.
Thanks Big Brother.
>:( - Kewlduderules, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15If there was a way that everybody in the country could moon the satellites in unison... that would be classic!!!
- Wilddigi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14They are very good at spying on americans, but they still can't catch Bin Laden
- MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Now I can moon the government by aiming my ass at the sky. So much easier.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Good. Now I have an excuse to paint Goatse on my roof.
- UnstableMind, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13I know your trying to be funny, but outdated pictures != real-time, infrared, cloud penetrating, x-ray revealing vision at a 3ft awesome quality.
- spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11supreme chancellor bush has this thing against warrants for some reason. so i doubt it.
- UnstableMind, on 10/10/2007, -5/+15Holy *****, Bush has been ***** busy here lately, this, labeling Iran's military as terrorists, the economy, warrantless wiretapping. Welcome to Fascism, America, you have officially failed me and the rest of the citizenry...
- patricklynch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8"But wait... These birds-eye views are nothing any citizen couldn't see by flying over the countryside in a small personal aircraft."
I think that's how the best defense goes. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -12/+20we can start with Impeachment of these war criminals after that elect a man of integrity who will restore the Constitution Dr Ron Paul
- aliengoods, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Echelon wasn't in a satellite. Some of the communications were routed through satellites, but Echelon was vast banks of computers on the ground. Now we get to have satellites taking pictures of us in our back yards.
- MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Now I can show them my ass regardless of the weather.
- AlexaMartina, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9It's the citizenry, including both of us, that have in fact failed America.
- Scheissen, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9I hope they have to get warrants to use these intrusive satellites.
- barc0001, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7-If you remember your high school physics, you'll realize you don't have anything to worry about.
-Satellites have predictable, observable paths.
Got a map of those paths? Satellites also have thrusters so they can change orbits. So that's nullified.
-The resolution of satellites is limited. You cannot reliably identify anything smaller than a car (and that is difficult enough).
That's a crock. PUBLIC images from satellites have that kind of res. Back during the cold war the CIA bragged they could read the headline on a newspaper someone was reading in Gorky Park. I seriously doubt things have gotten worse in the last 20 years.
-They are weather-limited.
In a lot of cases, this is true. But if weather is clear, that's an issue.
-They have essentially zero dwell time.
Depends entirely on their orbit. Also depends if there are other satellites to hand off to, like the cell network your phone uses.
-There is existing US and international law that governs their use.
Yeah. Good one. The US has a LOT of respect for international law. Oh, wait... - hiphoc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Craziest thing is I have a popular science magazine from april 2001 with the cover that says. "Is your Government spying on you". They went into detail about echelon, carnivore and all the other spy systems. If you guys can find a back issue it would be fascinating. They have systems that use the EMF's from the wiring in the home to create a virtual live shot of everything in the house. This is crazy *****. There is stuff out there that can see through the walls of your house. Remember this magazine was 6 years ago. We didn't find out about the SR 71 blackbird for how long? The stuff they have now at the NSA and other agencies would probably cause a revolution overnight. They always reveal ***** they were doing 15 years ago as whats being used now. Just think Lockheed skunk-works. The Govt technology is probably 50 years ahead of what we are being told about. Big Brother has grown up.
- ghostlywind, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6bush seems to be taking this country to hell with him.
- nakani, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6You know what the worst part is? Publicly discussing your political beliefs and views on government is now considered taboo. Try bringing this issue up with your co-workers and family. I bet they'll either get annoyed, or not have any strong opinion on it.
- RamboJesus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Yeah, it's worth it.
- spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Everytime they do something like this it just quickens their own demise. Eventually the people will say ENOUGH!
- danielwsmithee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Do you guys really think they need a warrant to look at what is outside. That doesn't seem like it is an "unreasonable search" to me. A cop wouldn't need a warrant to park his car in front of my house and look at my yard all day, why would they need one for this?
- theredwhyno, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The reason the government is so unabashed about spying on its citizenry is as a direct result of our collective complicitcy in their actions on a much larger scale. Each time they do something ***** up, we do nothing, because we are capable of doing nothing. Since silence is a sign of approval, you can bet your ass that our propensity to do nothing will, in perpetuity, get worse. News flash: nobody with even so much as extended involvement in the US government has any reason to give two ***** about what any member of the citizenry has to say. You can write your congressman/woman a flaming rant about how ***** up you think all of this is, but guess what--it's gonna get relegated to the garbage by some 20th-on-the-totem-pole intern without so much as a glance...unless, of course, it contains a check for a couple grand. Then, in spite of it still going unread, you get a form-letter with an inkjet signature, thanking you for your contribution to your own chronic shortchanging. Welcome to Amerika.
- Waiting2awake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4 First point, it isn't the obvious reason you have to worry about, and secondly - no one has the right to spy on another - especially a group of people so clearly out of touch with anything remotely resembling morals or ethics.
BTW - in their minds, as one of the unwashed masses - YOU ARE THE CRIMINAL!!! You don't need to commit a crime - just thinking for yourself is enough. That is why this isn't tinfoilish at all - the last 6 years should have shown that to you. Heck, if the US had listened to those tinfoil hat wearers none of this crap would even be an issue today...
But insulting people for thinking for themselves is easier. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5every time you masturbate a satelite snaps a few pics
- swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3do you really want an answer, or are you just trolling?
- WaterDragon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Dear government,
]While people were asleep, dreaming of wonderful new technologies, they already let Google create a system to watch every street, all over the world. Tech-savvy geeks even applauded it and promoted it.
so, there's no need to spend any more money on your surveillance systems to end the rest of everyone's freedoms and privacy! Big Brother Google Earth already DID it for you! - kwoff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Anywhere in Europe? Hilarious.
- felman87, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4we're fat, lazy, stupid and American Idol is on.
- Kamino, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The masterpiece film 'Enemy of the State' sort of predicted this... in 1998.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3You'd think we would have reached that point by now.. I have a feeling that by the time we actually do that.. it'll be too late.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3This has been in place since the late 60's. Get over it. Give them something fun to watch while you are at it. Do you have any idea how #&$@ing boring it is to sit there and scan all day? Nude beaches are fun the first week and then it gets boring. Bad neighborhoods are also entertaining on rare occasion. What is viewed is logged however, and one can only waste so much time.
- ryanm424, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Hopefully, it doesn't spot me running around naked at Bohemian Grove!!!!
- TheLD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It has Xray and infrared vision
- MikeMulligan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Jesus christ enough with the Ron Paul *****...he's not going to get elected just admit it and move on with your life eating Hot Pockets playing WoW in your parents basement.
- oriondarkwood, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Well the NSA, FBI, CIA just got a nice spy sat shot of my JUMBO SIZED AMERICAN HAIRY ASS
- muchachoburacho, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2sattelites have a very long dwell time, and some can even be geo-stationary, the sky is very big and they don't have to be looking straight down. As for the weather, im sure they invented a technology that allows them to get images through cloud cover, we just havent heard of it yet for "national security" reasons
- maiku00, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3The vast majority are totally ***** ignorant, and even if they DID know, they wouldn't care, because the terrorists are coming to get them
- 4degrees, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Satellite surveillance tells us that they are.. not on the roof...
- didiman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3shh most Diggers hate reality
- twistaspliff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Better Google "SPP" before moving to Canada. Soon we will all be American.
- PiMPSP, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2They been doing this for years, it's only now they decided to inform the public of it lol
- SweetMercury, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1But only the scary ones! All you decent, obedient "citizens" needn't worry.
- danielwsmithee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No they are satellite photos the good majority of them are provided by a company near my home called DigitalGlobe http://www.digitalglobe.com/ .
- twistaspliff, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Ah yes, the classic "i'm not a terrorist or criminal, so I have nothing to worry about" excuse. I suppose you'll get in line for your national ID card, and implanted RFID Verichip too so you can prove you're not a terrorist. You won't mind that your every move will be tracked, because you have nothing to hide. It doesn't matter to you that war protestors are now considered terrorists, because you support everything your government tells you, and you would never protest ANYTHING! If you knew what the SPP was you would support it so you could shop in the USA easier, ignoring the fact that Canada will no longer exist.
Buried because you are a traitor to your Country, and sheeple like you make me sick. - Rodman930, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2The constitution? Ron Paul will bring back the Articles of Confederation.
- dictum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Right because the most advanced government funded spy satellite systems in the world are limited to the scope of technology covered in an entry level undergraduate course known as Optics 101.
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