Surveillance in Washington DC And At Bookstores

dioscaido writes: "From 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.'" Aragorn_2002 writes "I found this new article on Salon.com about how feds are subpoenaing book-purchasing records. Just imaging if they start to use DMCA and the new Anti-terrorist bill to subpoena someone buying books on breaking encryption." If you've ever ordered from Amazon, this might concern you. Update: 02/13 21:30 GMT by M : The full WSJ article is available on MSNBC.

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Interesting,

[Lord Hugh Toppingham]

'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

Yeah, I wonder who else will be "worried". Here's a quick list off the top of my head. Car Jackers, Drunks, Drug Addicts, Shoplifters, Vagrants, Gang-Bangers and Terrorists.

They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps. That's how I like to judge these so-called civil libertarians. They seem to keep company with some strange people. Like the ACLU and the KKK.