[privacy] 'The Architecture' Reaches Out To Arrest Activist

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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This story, and the underlying issues, are rather troubling.

Via 27B Stroke 6.

[snip]

In Hartford, Connecticut at the inauguration parade of new Republican
governor Gov. M. Jodi Rell an activist/journalist was arrested by police as
he stepped onto the roadway to take photos of the governor,, according to
the AP's account. The activist, Ken Krayeske, was on a list of threats
compiled by police and the Connecticut Intelligence Center, a multi-agency
homeland security group. He was arrested for breaching the peace. Officers
recognized him prior to the arrest thanks to the list and photograph of the
Green Party activist, who was the campaign manager for Cliff Thornton, the
Green Party's candidate for governor. To her credit, Governor Rell has
asked for an investigation.

This is the exact scenario I envisioned the other day when I asked what it
was that state and local "fusion centers" actually fused? Given that there
seems to be no real Al Qaeda cells inside the United States, the laws of
bureaucracies dictate that other threats will need to be invented or
elevated. Of course now that the Dems are in charge, they'll take a look at
these centers and wonder if they are really useful, right?

Wrong.

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More:
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/01/the_architectur.html

Worth reading...

- - ferg

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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