Jacob, it's all that and worse, I'm sure. Why wouldn't be any different? After all, there has been a terrorist attack in Boston, so one would expect the state of the art in counter-terrorism in full force here! On Apr 19, 2013 2:58 PM, "Jacob Appelbaum" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Shava Nerad: > > I was fascinated today to see Mother Jones and many others reposting, > > entirely without reflection or comment, what seemed to me to be not > > "crowdsourced" images but second story surveillance camera shots of the > FBI > > suspects. (Who, in addition, are being howled after as guilty until > proven > > innocent in this digital manhunt - and thank God the NYPost "exonerated" > > their suspects before that turned into something ugly...) > > > > Well, yes, the FBI is doing their job with the tools available, and as I > > live in metro Boston I would most healthily STFU... But if this incident > > had happened in London, I can't help but think MJ et al might have > engaged > > a moment of reflection and spine in the middle of that process, perhaps? > > I find it telling that the local news papers in Seattle referred to > their photos as 'potential suspects' on the front page. The use of > language is telling - it suggests that to be suspect is to be guilty. I > wouldn't be surprised if we saw people using the word potential as a > subtle replacement for suspect in the near future again and again. > > I also find it striking that it looks like de facto martial law has been > imposed on parts of Boston: > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/gallery/boston-area-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 > > Who are all the players in this by the way? The SWAT team in those > photos looks like a full blown military unit; the vehicles look like > APC/mini-tanks. The bomb robots look like iRobot produced machines. > > I haven't seen any of the radio equipment up close but I'd bet that > they're pulling out all the stops. I wonder if they'll publish the raw > logs from the Boston ShotSpotter system? I know they have it deployed > but I'm not sure if it extended to MIT's campus. > > All the best, > Jacob > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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