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Bruno
05-11-2010, 09:05 AM
"Ring of Steel" sounds awfully close to "Iron Curtain"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100511/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_bloomberg

LONDON – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in London to observe the network of security cameras on the city's transport system.

Bloomberg was shown around a closed-circuit television facility at Westminster Underground station by London Mayor Boris Johnson on Tuesday.

There are 12,000 cameras on London's subway system, and city officials tout their role in combating crime and terrorism.

Bloomberg has expressed enthusiasm for London's network of security cameras, one of the world's largest.

The surveillance "ring of steel" around London's central business district was the inspiration for a 3,000-camera system in lower Manhattan. A similar system is planned for midtown.

Some cite the Times Square bomb plot as an example of why New York needs such surveillance.

paulitics
05-11-2010, 09:21 AM
"Ring of Steel" sounds awfully close to "Iron Curtain"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100511/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_bloomberg

LONDON – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in London to observe the network of security cameras on the city's transport system.

Bloomberg was shown around a closed-circuit television facility at Westminster Underground station by London Mayor Boris Johnson on Tuesday.

There are 12,000 cameras on London's subway system, and city officials tout their role in combating crime and terrorism.

Bloomberg has expressed enthusiasm for London's network of security cameras, one of the world's largest.

The surveillance "ring of steel" around London's central business district was the inspiration for a 3,000-camera system in lower Manhattan. A similar system is planned for midtown.

Some cite the Times Square bomb plot as an example of why New York needs such surveillance.

More like, the greedy parasite bankers need a police state in manhatten, because they know the people are gunna be pissed.