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So it is true! May 3, 2011 6:54 pm Jeff-Wash

Spy satellites CAN image features as small as the numbers on your license plates.
I have read that the CIA, NSA & NRO, doing
surveillance on that Pakistani compound,
confirmed that Osama Bin Laden lived there
when a spy satellite captured an image of him outside one of the buildings; and facial recognition software, with its computer algorithms did the rest.

  • I don't see a name on this post. I didn't think it was possible to post without a name. by Eri 2011-05-03 19:04:47
    • It's me! Jeff-Wash! My email hasn't changed. Info on me on the old site? Still the same. I'll get hold of Robert ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-05-03 19:18:52
      • Good to see you. I thought maybe we had ghosts. :-) by Eri 2011-05-03 21:54:13
        • Fixed it. by podrock 2011-05-03 19:25:52
          • I think I fixed it by going to "Profile," plugging your handle into the "nickname" box, and telling it to ... by TB 2011-05-03 19:24:12
            • That was close by podrock 2011-05-03 19:27:48
              • In THAT case, I'm twice happy to see him here. Or I'm glad to see him here twice or... Oh ... by Eri 2011-05-03 21:55:29
          • I had to change an entry in my profile to get my name on the posts. Until then, it ... by TB 2011-05-03 19:14:35
            • Mine always showed. I guess I'm just a show-off. No wait. That makes me a show-on. ... by Eri 2011-05-03 21:57:30
            • It must be the UFO-CIA. I also tried to edit one of my posts for a typo and I ... by ER 2011-05-03 19:12:24
              • not so strange. by podrock 2011-05-03 19:33:49
                • It does work. I've seen half-done posts this way. Very weird. It never occurred to me that while I'm ... by TB 2011-05-03 19:50:28
                  • You would only do that in devil edit mode. ;) by Eri 2011-05-03 21:59:13
                    • Yup. by podrock 2011-05-03 20:00:56
                      • Double shudder. Madness lies there. by Eri 2011-05-03 21:59:51
                        • God, the potential for secretly "gaslighting" people... Adding subtle typos, little bits here and there that would not be obvious screwups. ... by TB 2011-05-03 20:22:18
                          • Of course it would be wrong. Oh temptation. TB just took a turn to the Left. *JK* I would NEVER, ... by Eri 2011-05-03 22:03:06
                            • Biggest temptation for me? Fixing typos or bad links for other people. There's one that's bugging the hell ... by TB 2011-05-04 13:18:31
                              • TB...if it is a post of mine, you have my permission to fix it. I trust you. Just let me ... by Jody 2011-05-04 15:01:48
                                • If I had to let everybody no, it would be too much work. by TB 2011-05-04 20:39:53
                                • I know how you feel. Although I leave a wake of bad typos myself. by podrock 2011-05-04 13:58:09
                              • Do you have any idea how bad I want to add or delete something in this post of yours...huh?...do ya?..huh? ... by Jody 2011-05-03 20:27:50
                                • Can someone take Jody's powers away temporarily? I think she's gone round the looney bend. :) by Eri 2011-05-03 22:04:31
                    • I don't think that is physically possible. You could build optics that accurate, but the atmosphere would not allow ... by ER 2011-05-03 19:01:23

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