Apparently Thales is involved in the construction of the iridium sats. Would quite risky for the DoD to expect secrecy when construction is made by a european,

Apparently Thales is involved in the construction of the iridium sats. Would quite risky for the DoD to expect secrecy when construction is made by a european, mostly french, defense contractor. US does not share its intelligence data openly with european countries, the only exception being UK.