[funsec] Britain's new anti-terror law could stop media from taking pictures of police

[Paul Ferguson]

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On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM, nick hatch <nicholas.hatch at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM, <Blanchard_Michael at emc.com> wrote:
>>
>>  My goodness....  I seem to remember someone getting arrested here in
>> the States for taking pictures of a major bridge as well...
>
> I see your bridge and raise you an international hunt by the FBI for men
> who took pictures of a ferry:
> http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2007/08/20/seattle-washington-
> fbi-searching-for-suspicious-ferry-passengers/
>
> After a year, the men are tipped off to the story and identify
> themselves:
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004394642_fbi06m.html
>
> Turns out they just thought they were cool:
>>
>> "Where these gentlemen live, they don't have vehicle ferries. They were
>> fascinated that a ferry could hold that many cars and wanted to show
>> folks back home," FBI Special Agent Robbie Burroughs said Monday.
>


I'll toss in "Amtrak photo contestant arrested by Amtrak police in NYC's
Penn Station":

http://carlosmiller.com/2008/12/27/amtrak-police-arrest-photographer-partic
ipating-in-amtrak-photo-contest/

Enjoy.

- - ferg

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