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To: Ilaine who wrote (5787)	10/17/2001 12:12:43 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I think the point of Reagan's executive order is that the CIA is supposed to gather intelligence, not kill people. Point of clarification - Omar was in the sights of a Predator spy plane, which is equipped with anti-tank weapons but is under the control of the CIA. Fair enough. Limits are good things. But I remain a bit confused about this. The NRO - National Reconnaissance Office - is responsible for the orbiting intelligence gathering satellites. Surely these are used in determining targets, verifying results of attacks etc. How is this different than an arial drone, if the information is used in similar ways for similar decisions? NRO - nro.gov A DoD agency, the NRO is staffed by DoD and CIA personnel. It is funded through the National Reconnaissance Program, part of the National Foreign Intelligence Program. The really confusing thing is this -- they can use NRO assets to target things, even though CIA staffers work there? Seems like quibbling over semantics to me. And if you are in a war, why place limits on the use of information? As long as the right agency is carrying out, authorized, policy? I guess that's why Sec Defense might have been upset...

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