[fooman]

NRO? What dat?

[FairOpinion]

NRO = National Reconnaissance Office.

As far as I know -- from open sources -- they launch super secret satellites which look down on earth and can see objects as small as licence plates, they also have satellites which can and do intercept electronic transmissions, and they also receive the information and process it. I think I read somewhere that there is so much information, that they are weeks behind, and that something that MAY have helped in learning about the 9-11 attacks didn't get processed and translated until after 9-11.

I think there was a book written about them some time ago too.