Photos: Video cameras keep watch in London
Widespread surveillance is a fact of life for British citizens, monitored by thousands of video and still cameras as they go about their daily business in public locales. Government officials have long touted the cameras' role in fighting crime, and closed-circuit video gear was helpful in identifying suspects in the July 2005 bombing of the London Underground. Privacy advocates, however, say the systems go too far in their unrelenting oversight of individuals engaged in innocent activities.
This photo shows the special operations room of London's Metropolitan Police on Monday--New Year's Eve--when the law enforcement agency was on high alert for
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 CCTV Warning sign....owen@... | 01/07/08 |
  In what way?neilb@... | 01/07/08 |
 You're correct, Neil.gadgetgirl | 01/07/08 |
| And then we watch Big Brother! I don't mean the TV programmejakelly404@... | 01/07/08 |
| re - military grade droneskarenc | 01/08/08 |
| Would it be fair to say...BlueKnight | 01/08/08 |
| Privacy in Public...hmmmmdkoch@... | 01/08/08 |
| You're funny!yooper@... | 01/08/08 |
| Think I might have explained it better.jakelly404@... | 01/08/08 |
| I agreeyooper@... | 01/09/08 |
| Legal requirements?taskman | 01/08/08 |
| Sorry to read about your wife.jakelly404@... | 01/08/08 |
| Taskmangadgetgirl | 01/09/08 |
| That's a lousy excuseBlueKnight | 01/09/08 |
| Big brother in the UK -- coming soon everywhere!Marty R. Milette | 01/09/08 |
| CCTVcomputab | 01/08/08 |
| Difficult choicesda philster | 01/08/08 |
| If only I could believe itchrispbacon | 01/08/08 |
| Not a fan of being watched, however...support@... | 01/08/08 |
| Spy or Die?Pagangirl | 01/08/08 |
| Well said...GetReal-mac.com | 01/08/08 |
| How about this:support@... | 01/08/08 |
| Kind of works is rightyooper@... | 01/08/08 |
| Red RoadLaoziSailor | 01/09/08 |
