C> Actually I'm surprised nobody has ever actually assassinated a political
C> figure using a video camera as the weapon. Hollowed out, it could provide
C> plenty of cavity space for high explosives or projectile weaponry. Access
C> is excellent, and they even stand the target in front of the thing for you.
But it already happened. Ahmad Shah Massoud, the leader of Northern
Alliance (most famous and successful anti-Taliban force in
Afghanistan) and known as Lion of Panjshir, was assasinated by a
Al-Kaida men disguised as TV crew just few days before 9/11. He was
quite open with journalists before that.
C> One day it will happen, and then all stills and TV cameras will be
C> forever suspect and subjected to stringent tests. Mark my words.
Hm, when I photographed (notice that I use this word instead of the
more common one beginning in s <g>) at the Bush-Putin summit this
spring, there were a lot of tests before we could get any closer to
him. Including functionality of cameras and special sniffing
dogs. But it wasn't perfect.
Good light!
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