On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 11:27:50AM -0500, Greg Newby wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 08:17:19AM -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > > > > [domestic surveillance, brinworld, big bro, pseudosecurity] > > > > NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington police are building what will > > be the nation's biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor > > shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the > > U.S. capital, a move that worries civil liberties groups, The Wall > > Street Journal said on Wednesday. > > > He said city officials had studied the British surveillance system, > > which has more than 2 million cameras throughout the country, and > > were "intrigued by that model." > > <snip> > > Intrigued by the fact that cameras have almost NEVER helped to solved > crimes in Britain, in spite of their ubituity?
Intrigued by the fact that their citizens let them do it. It's not about solving crimes against citizens. Eric
