July 26, 2007
This guy was unlucky enough that an unmarked building he photographed turned out to be DARPA, which naturally you're not allowed to photograph. His name is now on a list somewhere.
Actually, linking to the DARPA homepage probably isn't too smart either.
I want to know just when it was decided that it was acceptable to prevent photography of any building or installation viewable from the public way.
It seems like an extraordinary waste of time and resources and a violation of the freedom of the press.
Now if you want to prevent photography of someplace really sensitive like nuclear weapons manufacture facilities, you can do that as a condition of allowing someone within line of sight of the facility.
But does anyone really believe that a terrorist couldn't take a photo surreptitiously or just stand outside a building and learn everything he/she needs to know to plan an attack without taking a picture?
it certainly is annoying. i think this is almost entirely motivated by the reports that the 9/11 hijackers scouted sites they were planning to attack with video cameras. not that that justifies it.
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