NRO Still Waiting for Its New Charter

NRO Still Waiting for Its New Charter

The new charter for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is “lost in space” according to DODBuzz, which has been tracking the development of a new charter for the agency that builds and operates U.S. spy satellites. Though DODBuzz predicted in November that the new charter was imminent, apparently the Department of Defense (DOD) general counsel’s office is worried that that it may expand NRO’s “powers into areas governed by the military services,” according to the website, which adds that the issue revolves around what constitutes “overhead reconnaissance systems.” Stay tuned.

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