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Intel Community Agrees To Allow Industry To Sell High-Res Imagery, Clapper Says

Intel Community Agrees To Allow Industry To Sell High-Res Imagery, Clapper Says
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Photo: ODNI.

The Intelligence Community (IC) has reached a consensus allowing commercial satellite imagery companies to sell high resolution imagery, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper said Tuesday. Clapper told an audience at the GEOINT 2013* conference in Tampa, Fla., the IC submitted its recommendation to the White House, getting the ball rolling through other federal government stakeholders. The Commerce, State and Defense departments will also have to weigh in, Clapper said. “We have done our thing and reached a consensus,…

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