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Police state preview in NYC--I.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)

The New American

| October 04, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The GOP National Convention offered a preview of new technologies and tactics being developed by the Homeland Security Department, reported the September 13 issue of Newsweek.

"That scruffy fellow scanning his handheld [computer] in the middle of a group of protesters? Maybe he's only a demonstrator checking his e-mail. Or just as likely, in New York last week, he was an undercover Secret Service or Federal Protection Agency cop manipulating with a stylus a networked camera mounted 30 smiles up, one of 200 throughout the city. The pictures were video-streamed to several 'megacenters' around the country (built-in redundancy in case ...

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