On (19 Dec 03) Steve Asher wrote to All...
 SA> "Military Eager to Use Technology for Gathering Data"
 SA> Federal Times (12/15/03) Vol. 39, No. 46, P. 14; Matthews, William

 SA> wants the Pentagon to make "universal situational awareness" and
 SA> worldwide "persistent surveillance" a reality within the next 10
 SA> years through the deployment of space-based radars, better
 SA> intelligence
 SA> communications to troops in the field, and faster analysis.

One should remember that the internet started life as a US DOD project
-- do they EVER let go of that information/control they ever get hold
of? (even if Congress itself demands they let go, they have the power to
claim that they have special privilege on the basis of "national
security"!) :|

I think most of us in here know about the overseas long distance
monitoring("mining"?) done post-WW II by the USDOD, eh? :|

That's old hat to them now -- the Internet has come into its own,and it
appears that Gates has his old security wish of a camera on every street
corner & in every home!) :|


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