Here is another example of the Army of Davids.

Retired and amateur imagery analysts band together to review Google Earth and find all sorts of nifty things. If this is the imagery available for free, I shudder to think at the resoultion the boys at NRO have.

Here again, North Korea's isolationism bites them in the ass. I suspect they'll make a request to hide much (if not all) of their crappy nation from Google's prying eyes. It's not probably too late.

The interesting upside: Will the public be able to see future sites the President talks about having this program or that facility? Imagine if Colin Powell's presentation to the UN was shown online with links go Google Earth showing the facilities with appropriate indicators for what we are looking at.

I'm certain future targets (Syria, Iran) will request Google pull the imagery off their site. Why they comply is beyond me. These are totalitarian regimes and its unlikely they'll be losing market share or stock value by annoying Syria or Iran much less North Korea. I'd be happier if they said, "We're an American company and as such, believe in freedom of information. We will only remove imagery if the requesting nation is the US or an ally and then, only after careful review."

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