Tabla de Contenidos:
  • EYES ON YOU: BACKGROUND ANDISSUES SURROUNDINGSURVEILLANCE FROM THE SKY; EYES ON YOU: BACKGROUND ANDISSUES SURROUNDINGSURVEILLANCE FROM THE SKY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE:DOMESTIC ISSUES; ABSTRACT; BACKGROUND; CURRENT POLICIES; The Independent Study Group; National Applications Office (NAO); LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS; Constitutional Rights; Searches and Non-searches Distinguished; Reasonable Warrantless Searches; Statutory Authorities and Restrictions; The National Security Act; The Posse Comitatus Act and Statutory Exceptions; Executive Branch Authorities; Executive Order 12333.
  • DOD DirectivesCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NATIONAL APPLICATIONS OFFICECERTIFICATION REVIEW; DHS HAS NOT FULLY JUSTIFIED ITS CERTIFICATION THATTHE NAO COMPLIES WITH APPLICABLE LAWS; DHS HAS TAKEN STEPS TO JUSTIFY ITS CERTIFICATIONOF COMPLIANCE WITH PRIVACY STANDARDS; DHS IDENTIFIED CIVIL LIBERTIES CONCERNSASSOCIATED WITH NAO OPERATIONS BUT HAS NOTYET FULLY ADDRESSED THEM; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELANDSECURITY AND OUR EVALUATION; ENCLOSURE I: PUBLIC VERSION OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2008,BRIEFING TO CONGRESSIONAL STAFF; INTRODUCTION; OBJECTIVES.
  • SCOPE AND METHODOLOGYRESULTS IN BRIEF; DHS Has Not Fully Justified Its Certificationthat the NAO Complies with Applicable Laws; DHS Has Taken Steps to Justify Its Certificationof Compliance with Privacy Standards; DHS Identified Civil Liberties Concerns Associated with NAO Operations but Has Not Yet Fully Addressed Them; BACKGROUND; Sharing of Classified Satellite Information for Domestic Purposes; The Role of the Civil Applications Committee; Independent Study Group; National Applications Office; NAO Certification; NAO User Domains; NAO Functions; Information; NAO Acceptance Process.
  • DHS CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCEWITH APPLICABLE LAWDHS Has Not Resolved Legal and Policy Issues Associatedwith NAO Support for Law Enforcement Operations; DHS Took Steps to Develop a Legal Review Procedurefor Requests but Has Not Yet Established SufficientManagement Controls to Ensure that It Will Be Effective; DHS CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCEWITH PRIVACY STANDARDS; DHS Originally Did Not Fulfill Agency Requirementsto Identify Privacy Risks and Control Mechanismsbut Recently Has Taken Steps to Do.
  • The System-of-Records Notices Cited by DHS Do NotProvide a Public Explanation of the Privacy Protections Associatedwith Planned NAO OperationsDHS Identified Civil Liberties Concerns Associatedwith NAO Operations but Has Not Yet Fully Addressed Them; Potential for Improper Use or Retentionof Information Provided by NAO; Potential for Impermissible Requests as aResult of Broad Annual Memorandums; CONCLUSIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; ENCLOSURE II: COMMENTS FROM THEDEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; REFERENCES.