Secrets For Sale?

By DAVID ELLIS/

At a time when the Pentagon is striving to keep troop locations in the gulf secret, private satellite photos of the area are hitting the open market in increasing numbers. The three companies that dominate the trade have refused to sell pictures to Iraq since the Kuwait invasion. But U.S. intelligence sources confirm that Iraq has obtained detailed space photos. They believe the images were funneled through Jordan and Iran.

With reporting by David E. Thigpen