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For years, scientists studying everything from weather patterns to volcanic activity have been allowed limited access to images taken by spy satellites as they fly over the United States.(The Week)(Brief article)

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For years, scientists studying everything from weather patterns to volcanic activity have been allowed limited access to images taken by spy satellites as they fly over the United States. The Department of Homeland Security would like law-enforcement officials to see them as well, for purposes of monitoring disaster-recovery efforts and possibly even tracking terrorists, as an independent panel has recommended. Now that plans to do this are underway, liberals are howling about "domestic spying" and the like. In Congress, some Democrats are asking ...

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