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Canadian Government to Jam Radio Signals

Posted by timothy on from the broad-brush dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "According to this article, the Canadian government has given the military and RCMP permission to jam radio signals during the G8 summit and the Pope's visit. I suppose that the stated reason would be to prevent terrorists from communicating with each other, but I have to wonder whether it's also being done to keep those pesky protesters from effectively organizing at the G8. And if this action manages to block wireless 911 calls, and someone dies because of that, who's going to be willing to step up to the plate and take the blame?"

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  1. Jamming themselves too? by phalse+phace · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Okay, if they're gonna be jamming the radio and cellphone signals of protesters and other such undesireables, won't they also be in effect jammng their *own* radio and cellphone signals as well, not to mention those attending the G8?

  2. For those who may not know... by ath0mic · · Score: 1, Redundant


    RCMP == Royal Canadian Mounted Police

    This from http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca

    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the Canadian national police service and an agency of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada. The RCMP is unique in the world since it is a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. We provide a total federal policing service to all Canadians and policing services under contract to the three territories, eight provinces (except Ontario and Quebec), approximately 198 municipalities and, under 172 individual agreements, to 192 First Nations communities.