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RE: 'Little Red Book' Draws Government's Attention


From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:02:45 +0000 (GMT)

It means we can watch footage of terrorists in action.

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Richard M. Smith wrote:

There's really no need to have a written 
constitution. We've done fine without one 
for the last thousand or so years.

Is this why the UK is leading the world in deploying surveillance
technology?

Gatso 2: rollout of UK's '24x7 vehicle movement database' begins
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/15/vehicle_movement_database/ 

Watch on the Thames
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB112077340647880052-cKyZgAb0T3asU4UDFV
NPWrOAqCY_20060708.html

"The British capital has more surveillance cameras monitoring its citizens
than any other major city in the world." 

UK ministers push for data retention
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/14/uk_ministers_data_retention/

Full biometric ID scheme to reach the UK 'by 2009'
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020354,39232692,00.htm

The Central London Congestion Charging scheme
http://www.cfit.gov.uk/congestioncharging/factsheets/london/

Smart cards track commuters
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3121652.stm

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Drsolly
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:44 AM
To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org; Blanchard,Michael (InfoSec)
Subject: Re: [funsec] 'Little Red Book' Draws Government's Attention 

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:55:01 EST, "Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)" said:
It certainly does seem fishy that the DHS would be monitoring 
University's library check out logs....

Welcome to the PATRIOT Act version of the USA..

Also, why would the student be denied access to that book?  This is 
STILL the USA and the constitution still applies....

It's just a goddam piece of paper. The President himself says so. :)
 
There's really no need to have a written constitution. We've done fine
without one for the last thousand or so years.

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