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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan Isaiah Kamens)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: satellites
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Date: 7 Jan 88 00:56:32 GMT
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Phil R. Karn says:
> All this talk about Terry Waite and NSA satellites forgets that NSA is
> in the electronic intelligence business, not the picture taking
> business. The latter is the CIA's and NRO's domain.

When has that stopped the NSA before?  I think it is a bit naive to
assume that the NSA never does anything that falls out of their
"domain."  In fact, I am sure it is very naive to believe this.

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