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<\/a>John Byrne, Raw Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a striking but unnoticed extension of domestic surveillance, the little-known National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency deployed a U-2 spy plane on the region affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to track hazards to public health.<\/p>\n

In an article Thursday, Salon<\/em>‘s Tim Shorrock explores <\/a>the emergence of the NGA, born in 1996 from a partnership between the CIA, the Pentagon and the agency that maintains America’s spy satellites.<\/p>\n

The single-seat high-altitude plane, originally designed for CIA spy missions — remembered perhaps for a 1960 mission where a plane was shot down over the Soveit Union — is a key element of the US arsenal in collecting intelligence overseas. Its high-resolution imagery is critical for examining nuclear and other weapons sites.<\/p>\n

(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Byrne, Raw Story In a striking but unnoticed extension of domestic surveillance, the little-known National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency deployed a U-2 spy plane on the region affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to track hazards to public health. 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