Tuesday, October 21, 2008
High Tech surveillance would allow real-time activity for security officials to react
According to Robert Block from the Wall Street Journal he wrote an article called "U.S. to Expand Domestic Use Of Spy Satellites," in 2007 and stated that "Plans to provide DHS with significantly expanded access have been on the drawing board for over two years. The idea was first talked about as a possibility by the Central Intelligence Agency after 9/11 as a way to help better secure the country."
Has this occured, No but it time for the idea to take some shape!
Since 9/11 as Americans we have taken some steps to securing our safety against another terrorist attack but with the use of Spy Satellite why aren’t more official government/state departments able to use such a powerful source of defense? The article states that:
Access to the high-tech surveillance tools would, for the first time, allow Homeland Security and law-enforcement officials to see real-time,high-resolution images and data, which would allow them, for example, to identify smuggler staging areas, a gang safehouse, or possibly even a building being used by would-be terrorists to manufacture chemical weapons .
The spy satelllites were built for the Defense Department and according to Pentagon officials, the government only gave information to federal law enforcement on a case by case basis with special permission from the president. The question that we are all asking is:"Is it an invasion of our privacy?"
I think it would be in our best interest as Americans for the spy satellite to be available to more government and state officials to help secure our safety. If we are not doing anything wrong than what do we need to hide. What we do need to focus on is that the "right" people have acccess to view the information and redefine what privacy really is. With all the advanced technology available and all of our personal information out there anyway how it all comes together is what is important. We need to work on a way to make sure before accusing someone of being part or some group or doing some illegal act that the evidence is correct.
