Killing of Spy Satellites

The Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, plans to kills the program that was begun by the Bush administration to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement missions. The program was announced in 2007 and has not begun to run because of privacy and civil liberty issues. U.S. agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Interior Department will have access to the satellites but the Homeland Security Department will no longer be involved.