The National Applications Office of DHS is closing after a five-m...
The National Applications Office of DHS is closing after a five-month review conducted in coordination with the Department’s law enforcement, emergency management and intelligence partners, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement Tuesday. The program…
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was introduced during the last administration to expand the use of spy satellite imagery by domestic law enforcement and other agencies. Napolitano said that closing the office will allow her agency to focus its efforts on more effective information-sharing programs that better “protects the civil liberties and privacy of all Americans, and makes the country more secure.” Three weeks ago Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., chair of the Homeland Security Intelligence & Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee, introduced two bills to shut down the NAO.