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Loose Lips, Right To Know, Or Threat?
Check out these commercial satellite photos of the buildup of the US air base in Qatar.
I believe that, under the 1992 Remote Sensing Act, the US government does have de jure shutter control over this type of imagery. I'm wondering if and when they're going to exercise it, or at least purchase the rights to the photos themselves from Ikonos and Quickbird (as they did during the Gulf War, and more recently, in Afghanistan last fall). The fact that they're not makes me think that they don't mind folks (and particularly folks in the region, e.g., Riyadh) seeing them...
Posted by Rand Simberg at August 11, 2002 10:36 AM
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Remote Sensing?
I think he's a "distant" relative!
Posted by Donald Sensing at August 11, 2002 12:14 PM
Ginger ale all over my monitor. Anybody got a handi-wipe?
Posted by Kevin McGehee at August 11, 2002 03:53 PM
Ask Yassir for a baby wipe...
Posted by Rand Simberg at August 11, 2002 04:16 PM
Uhhh. {shudder} I'll just leave the ginger ale there, then. But thanks...
Posted by Kevin McGehee at August 12, 2002 03:47 PM
Help! the link seems to just loop back to T.M. Can you post another url? Aloha
Posted by HJ at August 12, 2002 09:03 PM
Doh!!@@
Having a bad day. It's fixed, now. Thanks, HJ.
Posted by Rand Simberg at August 12, 2002 10:45 PM
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