Maybe it is naive, but after looking a sample viewings from Google Earth, I was wondering whether a better resolution image is available for our military intelligence, that is real time.
If so, then it would seem ideal that citizens who are veterns with family members in Iraq be given security clearance to pair up with military units to watch out for potential trouble.
There is also an analogy of Iraq terroist problems with crime in the US. Years ago in some cities the common practice to solve homicide cases was for the detective to find out who did it, and issue an arrest warrent. No one was given the actual task of hunting, seeking, and arresting the suspect. This allowed the same murderer to operate indefinitely. Reform of this flaw lowered murder rates.
If better 'Google Eyes' are available, that can help protect our troops, then we should not keep these tools away from qualafied American Citizens.
2007-09-13 16:39:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
First, google satelite images are not real time.
They are pictures taken by commercial satelites, some as long ago as 20 years.
The house im leaving in, is a forest on google satelite.
2nd, they are no satelites, stationed over iraq, thats physically impossible.
But satelites do overfly the region.
No they aren't going to let anyone access the images from the satelites.
Firstly because they do not want people to know the resolutions, and secondly, because the images the satelites send back, aren't actually pictures like you see on google.
They have to have specialized computer programs develop the data sent back into recognizable images.
2007-09-13 17:00:54 · answer #1 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you joking? Or are you serious?
We're not fighting tank columns or MiG-29s, we're fighting individuals who look like every other Iraqi, very hard to see on satelites Imagery
The armed forces have enough people reviewing satelites Imagery who are trained for months on how to spot every forseeable event, few civilians would be willing to volunteer and make a commitment for that.
Lastly, you just can't hand out clearances, all clearances require extensive and axpensive background checks. Only a handful of people would even be able to get the type of clearance needed to review high-speed imagery like you're talking about
2007-09-14 00:08:49 · answer #2 · answered by Jon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We probably do Abe, we'll never know anyhow, big brother has eyes on us all don't they? cheers.
2007-09-14 02:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by quob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋