[FYI] Free satellite and aerial reconnaissance systems

[Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)]

[Die armen, armen Militaers... erst entwendet man ihnen die 
Kryptographie, und nun dies!  --AHH]

http://jya.com/public-eye.htm

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19 February 1999. Thanks to Dan Dupont. 


Inside the Pentagon, February 18, 1999 

Public interest advocates argue . . . 

BETTER IMAGERY, DECLASSIFIED PHOTOS PORTEND SHIFT IN
POLICY DEVELOPMENT 

By Richard Lardner 

For decades, classified satellite and aerial reconnaissance systems
have provided inside information about the military capabilities of
America's opponents, allowing U.S. officials to develop appropriate
strategies and influence public opinion. Public interest advocates
predicted this week the spread of sophisticated commercial imaging
systems coupled with declassified U.S. intelligence products will give
non-governmental organizations that same power, a shift that portends
a revolution in the way national security policies are shaped. 

At a Feb. 16 conference sponsored by the Washington, DC-based
Federation of American Scientists, John Pike, director of the
organization's Space Policy Project, formally outlined an ongoing FAS
initiative called "Public Eye." According to an FAS paper on Public
Eye authored by Pike, he and others expect the effort to "materially
alter the terms of public dialogue on a wide range of important policy
fronts, particularly though not exclusively in the peace and security
arena." 

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