After months of delay from privacy and civil liberty advocates, the U.S. is now moving forward with its plan to use spy satellites for law-enforcement an domestic security missions.

By Magnuson, Stew Wagner, Breanne THE NEWLY CREATED NATIONAL Applications Office has a rather mundane, almost Orwellian name, especially since the "application" being referred to is the employment of U.S. military and spy agency satellites in the domestic arena.

The Bush administration plans to give state and local law enforcement and other domestic agencies access to intelligence from military spy satellites and airborne sensors. Looked at one way, the program makes a certain amount of sense.

By Robert Block The U.S.'s top intelligence official has greatly expanded the range of federal and local authorities who can get access to information from the nation's vast network of spy satellites in the U.S.

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Friday, Aug. 17: According to an adage, being paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't actually out to get you.