Lawmakers Challenge Plan to Use Spy Satellites Against U.S. Citizens

By Spencer S. Hsu / The Washington Post
Senior House Democrats called on the Bush administration to delay a planned Oct. 1 expansion of the use of powerful satellite and aircraft spy technology by local and federal law enforcement agencies, challenging the plan's legality and charging that the administration is failing to safeguard the privacy of Americans. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and two Democratic subcommittee chairmen jointly asked the Department of Homeland Security to provide the legal framework for the domestic use of classified and military spy satellites, and to allow Congress to review privacy and civil liberties protections. Full story...

Posted by Editor at September 10, 2007 07:30 AM