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Jun 23 2009, 9:19 am by Marc Ambinder

An Advance For Privacy

The Obama administration has decided to shut down the National Applications Office at the Department of Homeland Security, which allowed federal law enforcement agencies access to Defense Department satellites for surveillance and other domestic law enforcement activities. Now, only FEMA and the Department of Interior will get access to the imagery, and only for emergencies and routine mapping purposes. 

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