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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:17:34 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Paul Saffo <psaffo () iftf org> Date: December 10, 2005 12:29:48 PM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: More on planespotters D-As background to the CIA/plane-spotting story, here are some additional sites for the curious:
- http://www.planespotting.com/ good overview of the hobby-While the US has restricted plane-spotters, the UK government reversed its policy two years ago and actually enlisted plane- spotters in the cause of watching for would-be terrorists. For more see: http://www.laasdata.com/taess.html and http://www.csoonline.com/ read/080104/briefing_terror.html
And the UK is a hotbed of plane spotting, in part because the UK is where train-spotting began and remains a huge hobby there. Also, the Brits had a govt-formed civilian spotter corps (the Royal Observer Corps) there for most of the last century.
- www.laasdata.com Laas is one of the largest aviation fan clubs on the planet. The site has good links.
Soon after 9/11 twelve British plane-spotters were arrested in Greece for spying, setting off a large diplomatic kerfuffle. See: http:// news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1662165.stm And for a Greek response, see: http://www.helleniccomserve.com/planespotting.html
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