[ale] OT-related-Re: Well isn't this special

[Jim Kinney]

Those vans are nearly 20 years old
What has changed is the size of the gear doing the snooping. Mm-wave sensors
are only new in airports.
On Sep 28, 2010 5:58 AM, "Paul Cartwright" <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> On Mon September 27 2010, Watson, Keith wrote:
>> Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications
>> http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/09/government-seeks
>>
>> U.S. Tries to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/us/27wiretap.html
> on a related note:
> Gov mum on high tech snooping vans
>
> The administration is keeping silent about a story revolving around some
high
> tech vans recently purchased by the Department of Homeland Security that
are
> capable of literally peering through the walls of your home. If DHS was
using
> these vans to fight terrorism, that'd be great - but they will not confirm

> nor deny the vans are also being used in other areas that would infringe
on
> privacy rights. Glenn talks with Congressman Jason Chaffetz about the
story
> on radio today. ( Transcript, Insider Audio, FREE Insider Extreme clip)
> http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/45942/
>
>
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