[privacy] Firefighters: The News Eyes of Anti-Terror?

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The International Herald Tribune (AP).

[snip]

Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as
lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as
trusted American icons and infringing on people's privacy.

Unlike police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel need no
warrants to enter hundreds of thousands of homes and buildings each year,
which puts them in position to spot behavior that could indicate terror
activity or planning.

There are fears, however, that they could lose the faith of a skeptical
public by becoming the eyes of the government, looking for suspicious items
like building blueprints or bomb-making manuals or materials.

[snip]

More:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/23/america/NA-GEN-US-Firefighters-Te
rrorists.php

- - ferg

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