DHS Wants to Spy on Americans, Dems Charge

[maddezmom]

Source: ABC

DHS Wants to Spy on Americans, Dems Charge
New DHS Office Would Share Detailed Surveillance Capabilities of Military Intel Satellites With Local Law Enforcement

The Department of Homeland Security wants to set up a new program to spy extralegally on Americans, two senior Democratic lawmakers charged Thursday in a letter urging colleagues to deny funds for the program.

In a letter to three colleagues obtained by ABC News, House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, Miss., and Rep. Jane Harman, Calif., voiced objections to a new office DHS wants to create that would share the detailed surveillance capabilities of military intelligence satellites and other monitoring technology with state and local law enforcement.

The size of the National Applications Office, as DHS has named it, and its proposed budget, remain classified. The department has said the office would not traffic in eavesdropped conversations. It would primarily be used to share data from military assets for disaster response, monitoring climate change and other purposes, according to DHS.



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[ixion]

1. a direct violation of posse comitatus, and hence entirely unconstitutional

not that this has ever stopped the neo-nazi DHS.

[BR_Parkway]

2. Didn't Shrub do away with posse comitatus in a signing statement?

[darue]

15. I thought they got rid of it in patriot act 2 n/t

[AzDar]

3. K & R...

:kick:

[bluesmail]

4. They can't They can't They cannot

but they will because they're probably already doing it. Rule of law, pesky doctrine.

[cornermouse]

5. Of course they do.

They have to cover their tails for whatever spying they're already doing on us and besides which who's going to stop them?

[santamargarita]

6. The 2000 election was Coup #1, this is the beginning of Coup #2

Just watch!

[pleah]

7. K&R

Will we ever be able to reverse the damage these people have done?

[bdamomma]

8. they (neo cons) will keep on pushing until we push back.

they just don't care how many people they kill, and keep on rewriting history their way. They are a like a cancer on this country.

[Hotler]

9. The more I read stuff like this the more I believe ...

the neocons are not going to leave at the end of term. I don't think it's going to be pretty.

[Ilsa]

10. Scary, huh?

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Jefferson

[defendandprotect]

11. We also have to get rid of the Nazi Homeland Security . . .

[drm604]

12. "extralegally"

The article now has the word "illegally" instead of "extralegally". I wonder why they changed it? "Illegally" is, of course, the correct word. "Extralegal" is just a euphemism used to pussyfoot around the issue.

[bjobotts]

13. Boin boing .com has the airforce evangelicans pushing for armageddon now spying on all of us

[darue]

14. most of the people now staffing these organizations will need to be cleaned out

are we up to that? do we have replacement staff?