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To: TigerPaw who wrote (629)	10/16/2001 10:03:01 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) of 15516

Some newspaper ought to buy a few I think I know why the newspapers aren't buying any of those satellite photos. The U.S. military is paying for the exclusive rights to commercial satellite imagery of Afghanistan even though its own satellites are thought to take far better pictures. abcnews.go.com But the government is also denying the public the use of an important tool for oversight of its activities, Aftergood said, noting the media frequently buys satellite pictures of areas of news interest. "At the moment, we're essentially dependent on the Pentagon as a sole source for battle information and damage assessment," he said. "This commercial imagery would provide one independent channel for assessing the conduct of the war."

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