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'Nothing is beyond our reach,' National Reconnaissance Office's new logo claims
foxnews.com ^ | 12/6/13 | foxnews.com

Posted on 12/06/2013 12:30:50 PM PST by ColdOne

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To: dfwgator

Don’t think sorry’s easily said
Don’t try turning tables instead
You’ve taken lots of Chances before
But I ain’t gonna give anymore
Don’t ask me
That’s how it goes
Cause part of me knows what you’re thinkin’

Don’t say words you’re gonna regret
Don’t let the fire rush to your head
I’ve heard the accusation before
And I ain’t gonna take any more
Believe me
The sun in your Eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing

Chorus:
I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don’t need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind, I can read your mind

Don’t leave false illusions behind
Don’t Cry cause I ain’t changing my mind
So find another fool like before
Cause I ain’t gonna live anymore believing
Some of the lies while all of the Signs are deceiving

(Chorus)

Alan Parsons Project


21 posted on 12/06/2013 12:57:43 PM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: mrsmel

Good one, too. (RIP Eric Woolfson)


22 posted on 12/06/2013 1:01:20 PM PST by dfwgator (Fire Muschamp. Go Michigan State!)
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To: PGR88

Nope, no joke.

The NRO big birds can pick up signals from the ground that are so weak it’s unbelievable. Those 5 biggest sats are more than the equal of the NASA Deep Space network... and all pointed at us

Reputed to have greater than 85db gain....big dish, low-temp front end amps...I’d guess a good bit above 85db.
100mhz-40ghz with varying gain according to frequency.

These capabilities allow for reception of signals emitted from sources built into ICs. They allow stuff like sat phone abilities using a normal smart phone with modified baseband firmware to operate encrypted and out of band.

I have thought of at least 40 things I’d use it for if I was totally immoral and had an unlimited budget.


23 posted on 12/06/2013 1:05:06 PM PST by Bobalu (White Boy Think A Lot)
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To: diverteach

These guys are the techno-geeks that build the toys that the NSA dreams up. It’s the NSA that operates the toys.


24 posted on 12/06/2013 1:09:37 PM PST by Bobalu (White Boy Think A Lot)
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To: RadiationRomeo

Let me try and help you with the words. These subhuman, anti American creatures are in effect using our labor, our efforts, our sacrifices, to further enslave us. The taxes removed from our compensation, the sales, payroll,gas,etc. taxes we involuntarily submit migrate to one side of a balance sheet which helps make this garbage possible.
Are there enough Americans to question this outrage?
I guess we will find out the hard way. What will it take to fundamentally change our country into something good?


25 posted on 12/06/2013 1:25:33 PM PST by free from tyranny
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To: Bobalu

I think they’re all cool.


26 posted on 12/06/2013 1:30:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ColdOne

Is: protecting individual liberties in the context of a limited government, beyond their reach? I hope not, but sometimes I have my doubts.


27 posted on 12/06/2013 1:32:19 PM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: coloradan; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; ...

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

28 posted on 12/06/2013 1:40:15 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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29 posted on 12/06/2013 1:42:29 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: ColdOne
When I was in the service, just the name “National Reconnaissance Office” was classified top secret.
30 posted on 12/06/2013 1:55:39 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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To: diverteach

The CIA was meant to be merely the clearinghouse of information from all sources. The NSA, NRO and DIA are military agencies.


31 posted on 12/06/2013 1:56:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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To: null and void

carnivore, promis, echelon, octopus, what’s this all about?


32 posted on 12/06/2013 1:56:54 PM PST by OwenKellogg (Fundamental transformation sucks.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Only in the USA is a 3,000 member agency with a $10 billion dollar budget (which number is horsesh*t, by the way) considered “small.” There are countries that have much smaller budgets and armies.


33 posted on 12/06/2013 1:59:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet ("Of the 4 wars in my lifetime none came about because the US was too strong." Reagan)
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To: OwenKellogg; free from tyranny

See post #25 for details...


34 posted on 12/06/2013 2:00:28 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Gamecock

If you use your cell phone next to a blender they can`t pick it up.


35 posted on 12/06/2013 2:10:07 PM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: diverteach
NRO has been around a long time and specifies, designs, contracts, and builds the nations satellite spy's. I worked for Hughes Aircraft Co. in 80’s and 90’s and had friends in Space Comp division. There are a lot of Recon birds up there! We are leaps and bounds beyond Landsat.
36 posted on 12/06/2013 2:31:06 PM PST by Mat_Helm
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To: Gamecock

Jeez, did they have their logo drawn up by Central Casting?
Why don’t they just put Snidely Whiplash tying the Statue of Liberty to some railroad tracks?


37 posted on 12/06/2013 2:46:33 PM PST by servo1969
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To: null and void

I like yours better


38 posted on 12/06/2013 2:57:03 PM PST by Nifster
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To: servo1969

Next year, my FRiend, next year...


39 posted on 12/06/2013 4:54:43 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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