The best weapon against a terrorist attack that Amtrak have is their totally unpredictable schedule.
>-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson >Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 12:51 PM >To: funsec >Subject: [funsec] Idiocy in America: Amtrak Photo Contestant Arrested >forSnapping Pictures of Amtrak Trains > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Carlos Miller: > >[snip] > >Armed with his Canon 5D and his new Lensbaby lens, photographer Duane >Kerzic set out to win Amtrak's annual photo contest this week, hoping to >win $1,000 in travel vouchers and have his photo published in Amtrak's >annual calendar. > >He ended up getting arrested by Amtrak police; handcuffed to a wall in a >holding cell inside New York City's Penn Station, accused of criminal >trespass. > >Kerzic says he was hardly trespassing because he was taking photos from >the >train platform; the same one used by thousands of commuters everyday to >step on and off the train. > >"The only reason they arrested me was because I refused to delete my >images," Kerzic said in a phone interview with Photography is Not a >Crime >on Friday. > >"They never asked me to leave, they never mentioned anything about >trespassing until after I was handcuffed in the holding cell." > >In fact, he said, the only thing they told him before handcuffing him >was >that "it was illegal to take photos of the trains." > >Obviously, there is a lack of communication between Amtrak's marketing >department, which promotes the annual contest, called Picture Our >Trains, >and its police department, which has a history of harassing >photographers >for photographing these same trains. > >[snip] > >Much more here: >http://carlosmiller.com/2008/12/27/amtrak-police-arrest-photographer- >partic >ipating-in-amtrak-photo-contest/ > >This is what Bruce Scheier calls the "War on the Unexpected": > >http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_war_on_the.html > >People in positions of authority in this country have clearly lost their >freekin' minds. > >- - ferg > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) > >wj8DBQFJYSFBq1pz9mNUZTMRAuukAKD245uIq2KlbFOZw6hmhxr13TZKEgCgjbp8 >dO5GL1ec5pfzENeIDokN4IM= >=cS7+ >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >-- >"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawgster(at)gmail.com > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ >_______________________________________________ >Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
