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Re: When does the whistleblower claim that Google works for NSA?
Yes, the satellite was built with money that the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency once owned, but they paid that money to GeoEye so that they could get real-time satellite imagery from GeoEye. Did you expect GeoEye to just give the government the data for free? Don't believe in the free-enterprise system? Would you be happier if the government simply took the information from GeoEye without compensation? Maybe, in your world, we should all just bow down to the government and give them all our earnings and just be happy to live. Have a good day comrade. |
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said by jjoshua  :said by JasonOD :
You've got it wrong TK. Google is the beneficiary of this Government's taxpayer built and funded satellite launch. What a croc!
GeoEye is a commercial venture, right? What does taxpayer funding have to do with this? » www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/corporat···ult.aspxThe Gov't contracted with GeoEye and Google contracted with GeoEye. GeoEye thinks that it's good to have an exclusive deal with Google. Build your own satellite and sell the data to whomever you want. from the news item:
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O'Connell said the $502 million satellite, built partly with money from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
It isn't just a CONTRACT. The US funded its construction.
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said by JasonOD :
You've got it wrong TK. Google is the beneficiary of this Government's taxpayer built and funded satellite launch. What a croc!
GeoEye is a commercial venture, right? What does taxpayer funding have to do with this? »www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/corporat···ult.aspx
The Gov't contracted with GeoEye and Google contracted with GeoEye. GeoEye thinks that it's good to have an exclusive deal with Google.
Build your own satellite and sell the data to whomever you want. |
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said by JasonOD :
You've got it wrong TK. Google is the beneficiary of this Government's taxpayer built and funded satellite launch. What a croc!
And besides some money, what else is Google paying to the US for use of the satellite - some search data perhaps.
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You've got it wrong TK. Google is the beneficiary of this Government's taxpayer built and funded satellite launch. What a croc! |
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Uh... it's not Google spying for the Government.... It's the Government spy satellite spying for Google!
at&t is jealous!
Well at least tho it only takes pictures of public areas outside people's homes and businesses.
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|  Should we now expect some Google whistleblower to come forward claiming that Google is supplying search info to the NSA in a "quid pro quo" for Google getting all the sat images for Google maps? But at least Google will be protected from privacy lawsuits.
AT&T must be really enjoying this announcement.
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