Citing continued concerns about civil liberties, a U.S. lawmaker said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should hold off on establishing an office to facilitate use of spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement purposes until the new president takes office next year. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) said she remains skeptical of DHS plans to establish a National Applications Office (NAO) that would handle requests from U.S. civil and law enforcement authorities to use reconnaissance satellite data. "The need for the NAO still needs to be proved," Harman, who chairs the House Homeland Security subcommittee on intelligence, information sharing and terrorism risk assessment, said Oct. 29 in a telephone interview.
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