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New U.S. Space Policy 'Sets Up' Intel Turf War

Via UPI.

The new U.S. policy on space exploration and exploitation sets the stage for a turf battle between intelligence and the military, says one expert.

Steven Aftergood, the government transparency campaigner at the Federation of American Scientists, says the new policy, released recently by the White House, "creates overlapping and possibly conflicting responsibilities" for Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Aftergood noted that the section of the policy on national security was higher up in the document than in the 1996 policy it replaced, which "perhaps reflects a higher priority" for national security concerns.

posted by Fergie @ 10/17/2006 11:16:00 AM