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Spying the American Way of Life
Wired ^ | 11 March 2002 | Declan McCullogh

Posted on 03/11/2002 7:11:08 AM PST by white trash redneck

Edited on 06/29/2004 7:08:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON -- Last month's revelation that President Bush wants hundreds of millions of dollars to invent innovative ways to spy on Americans was greeted not with suspicion, but shoulder-shrugging indifference.

Save for a few battle-weary civil libertarians, not many people have been fretting about how cameras now monitor all downtown areas in Washington, D.C., or the unchecked spread of face-recognition cameras that spy on travelers in airports and sports fans in arenas.


(Excerpt) Read more at wired.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billofrights; privacylist; surveillance

1 posted on 03/11/2002 7:11:08 AM PST by white trash redneck
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To: boston_liberty
ping
2 posted on 03/11/2002 7:16:12 AM PST by toenail
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To: white trash redneck
"Hey, now, what's that sound?
Everyone look what's goin' down."

"It can't happen here."

"It's a hard raaaiiin gonna faaalll."

Shoot, just put a picture on our "Social Security" cards and voila! It's a done deal.

3 posted on 03/11/2002 7:34:21 AM PST by MountainPete
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To: *privacy_list;*BillofRights
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5 posted on 03/11/2002 8:40:58 AM PST by Free the USA
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To: TruthNtegrity;Scuttlebutt;MedProf;LadyX;glock rocks ;Vigilant1; AnnaZ; Lazamataz; Sir Gawain...
As the camera scans you ...........
6 posted on 04/14/2002 3:25:39 PM PDT by B4Ranch
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To: B4Ranch
Thanks for the heads up!
7 posted on 04/14/2002 7:29:22 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: B4Ranch
Thanks 4Bs!
8 posted on 04/14/2002 7:33:15 PM PDT by Brian Allen
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To: B4Ranch
But the December 2005 expiration date embedded in the law applies only to a tiny part of the mammoth bill.
But of course. in my best vampire imitation As planned.
Didn't everyone (House/Senate) read the bill? But of course not...it's for the People's safety and can do no harm
24-OCT-2001 and October 25, 2001...And it has taken six months for some to even come to that realization.


?
Probably.

9 posted on 04/14/2002 11:26:14 PM PDT by philman_36
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