Eyes on You : Background and Issues Surrounding Surveillance from the Sky

by Murphy, Kyle P.

• ISBN13: 9781607412373
• ISBN10: 1607412373
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
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Summary

Reconnaissance satellites, first deployed in the early 1960s to peer into denied regions of the Soviet Union and other secretive enemy states, have from time to time been used by civilian agencies of the federal government to assist with mapping, disaster relief, and environmental concerns. There follows a discussion of legal considerations, including whether satellite reconnaissance might constitute a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment; an overview of statutory authorities, as well as restrictions that might apply; and a brief description of executive branch authorities and Department of Defense directives that might apply. The book concludes by suggesting policy issues Congress may consider as it deliberates the potential advantages and pitfalls that may be encountered in expanding the role of satellite intelligence for homeland security purposes.

Table of Contents

Preface

Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues

National Applications Office Certification Review

Homeland Security: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Border Surveillance

"Big Brother in the Sky" and other Grave Civil Liberties Concerns about the Administration's Unilateral Action to Deploy Military Satellites to Spy on the Continental United States for Domestic Law Enforcement Purposes

(Statement of Lisa Graves, Center for National Security Studies before the Committee on Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives, September 1, 2007)

Statement of Barry Steinhardt, Technology and Liberty Project, American Civil Liberties Union on The Privacy and Civil Liberties Implications of Domestic Spy Satellites before the House Committee on Homeland Security, September 6, 2007

"Turning Spy Satellites on the Homeland: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Implications of the National Applications Office" September 6, 2007 (Written Testimony of Daniel W. Sutherland, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, United States Dept. of Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security)

Written Statement of Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security, September 6, 2007

Assistant Secretary Charles E. Allen, Chief Intelligence Officer, Dept. of Homeland Security, Statement for the Record, Before the House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security, September 6, 2007

Statement of Chairman Bennie G. Thompson "Turning Spy Satellites on the Homeland: the Privacy and Civil Liberities Implications of the National Applications Office (U.S. House of Representatives, Homeland Security Committee, Bennie G. Thompson)

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