Would You Believe the State Dept Reportedly Prepared to Let Russia Build These on U.S. Soil?

The Blaze ^ | November 16, 2013 | Dave Urbanski

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The CIA and Pentagon have been trying to halt a State Department plan to let Russia’s space agency (Roscosmos) construct within the United States a handful of monitor stations, according to American officials, the New York Times reported.

The fear is that the stations could aid Russian efforts to spy on the U.S. and bolster the accuracy of Russian weaponry, the officials told the Times, adding that the Russians said the monitor stations would dramatically improve their version of the Global Positioning System.

The CIA and other U.S. spy agencies, along with the Pentagon, believe the monitor stations would provide Russia with better accuracy with weapons and an opening to spy on the U.S., the Times noted.

In addition members of Congressional intelligence and armed services committees regard Moscow’s GPS — a.k.a. Glonass (i.e., Global Navigation Satellite System) — with suspicion and want answers from the Obama administration.

“I would like to understand why the United States would be interested in enabling a GPS competitor, like Russian Glonass, when the world’s reliance on GPS is a clear advantage to the United States on multiple levels,” said Representative Mike D. Rogers, Republican of Alabama, the chairman of a House Armed Services subcommittee.

The Times characterizes the State Department’s willingness to let Russia build about a half dozen stations as a way to help repair President Obama’s relationship with Vladimir V. Putin, which took a nosedive after Moscow granted asylum to Edward Snowden and supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad........

[bikerman]

The fear is that the stations could aid Russian efforts to spy on the U.S

Well, DUH!

[La Lydia]

The thing is, I just don’t trust the judgment of the guy who is running the State Department (and his predecessor, not to mention the guy in the White House.) They have repeatedly demonstrated that they 1) do not know what they are doing and 2) have no intention or desire to protect the best interests of our country. Bad combination. I think any of their proposals, or policies, need to be considered in that light and should be presumed to be harmful unless proven otherwise.

[glorgau]

They’ll approve that but not the Keystone pipeline.

[capt B]

Alger Hiss’ descendents are STILL RUNNING the State Dept- They were NEVER purged

[hal ogen]

Yes, I would believe it. The State Department has always been a place for those who hate Free America and American Exceptionalism. Many in the State Department should be arrested and tried for sedition.

[GOPJ]

Being philosophically for something - and being a traitor are two different things...

[peeps36]

I saw Kerry on TV the other day and he looked unnatural or not human. He had so much work on his face it looks like a creepy mask.

[cunning_fish]

>>>The DoD gets to build similar monitoring stations for US GPS in Russia. The Russian system is as open to random users as the US system. IOW, when you sync your Garmin, Russian satellites should appear alongside US. Once again, the more the merrier — solving simultaneous equations gets better the more inputs there are.<<<

USAF operates some 20 similar stations in Russia for a decade and counting.
Russian system is as open as GPS, and it is supported by a lot of modern gadgets. Iphone, Samsung Galaxy Note, Nokia and Motorola phones etc.