New US spy satellite features world-devouring octopus

President Barack Obama is out to put the public's mind at ease about new revelations on intelligence-gathering, but the Office for the Director of National Intelligence can't quite seem to get with the program of calming everyone down.

The ODNI had been pumping up the launch of a new surveillance satellite launched by the National Reconnaissance Office. The satellite was recently launched, and ODNI's Twitter feed posted photos and video of the launch. Unmistakable was the new NRO logo that goes with this satellite: "Nothing is Beyond Our Reach," it says, featuring an octopus with its arms wrapped around the globe. It's the kind of picture that you might think up if you were devising an emblem for a villain in a superhero movie. "NROL-39 is represented by the octopus, a versatile, adaptable, and highly intelligent creature," an NRO spokeswoman said. "Emblematically, enemies of the United States can be reached no matter where they choose to hide."