Russian GPS Sites Not Allowed in U.S.

Tucked into the mammoth defense budget bill that President Barack Obama signed into law on Thursday is a measure that virtually bars Russia from building about a half-dozen monitor stations on American soil that critics fear Moscow could use to spy on the United States or worse. Under the new law, the stations only will be allowed if the U.S. secretary of defense and the director of national intelligence certify to Congress that the monitor stations would not be used to spy on the United States or improve the effectiveness of Russian weaponry -- or unless they waive that requirement altogether on national security grounds. "The idea was to make it next to impossible, if not impossible, to do this," said a House Republican aide involved in the legislative process.