Reporting from Washington — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has decided to kill a controversial Bush administration program to use U.S. spy satellites to collect domestic intelligence for counter-terrorism, law enforcement and security, a senior Homeland Security official said Monday evening. The National Applications Office program was established in 2007 to provide up-to-the-minute electronic intelligence to local and state law enforcement. But it has been delayed due to concerns by privacy and civil liberties advocates — and by some lawmakers — that it would intrude on Americans’ lives.

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Lt. Gen. (Ret.) James A. Abrahamson has been a member of the Board since April 1998 and has served as Chairman of the Board since November 2001. Lt. Gen. Abrahamson currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of [...]