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An article by Walter Pincus from the Washington Post talks abouts the tension between the Pentagon and intelligence agencies over building U.S. satellites in space in the future. Two important departments have traditional tension on this issue: Intelligence Agencies want to gather strategic information for policymakers and the Defense Department fathers tactical information for war fighters. The National Reconnaissance Office was once a secret agency and is in charge of designing, building and operating intelligence satellites funded by the national intelligence budget. A recent secret multibillion dollar satellite project was cancelled and brought to attention by Congress who's members voiced concerns over future U.S. intelligence gathering from space. This problem is described as bureaucratic which needs to set priorites on 'what intelligence is collected and by whom', 'which agencies will process it', 'how quickly it is turned into integrated reports', 'who sees the information', and 'how it is archived for later use.' This is a costly issue although the programs are jointly funded out of separate budgets, but is a major issue dealing with the future of intelligence. I could really care less and I don't think it's necessary to provide so much funding for exploring outer space.