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Senate Panel Proposes Relaxing Commercial Satellite Imagery Resolution Restrictions

Thursday, November 7th, 2013

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The Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday voted in favor of relaxing commercial satellite imagery resolution restrictions and reviewing the appropriate role of commercial satellite imagery in fulfilling intelligence requirements, according to a committee statement. The intelligence authorization bill for fiscal year 2014, which passed via vote of 13-2, authorizes intelligence funding and makes the director and inspector general of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) subject to presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. The NRO director is…

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