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DHS to Deploy More Cameras at Northern Border

04/01/2009 - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will expand the use of security cameras on the northern border with Canada to reduce the chances terrorists, illegal aliens, or contraband will slip over the northern border into the United States undetected, USA Today reports.
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Muslim-American Organizations Debate Maintaining Ties to FBI

03/30/2009 - Charges that the FBI has infiltrated mosques and mistreated a popular Muslim civil rights organization are jeopardizing the cooperation established between the Muslim-American community and the FBI after the events of 9-11, The Washington Post reports.
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Fusion Centers Under Fire in Texas and New Mexico

03/09/2009 - Civil libertatians are pushing for legal limits on personal data law enforcement organizations can collect after a Texas fusion center's bulletin singled out two Muslim-American civic groups for direct scrutiny.
Homeland Security: Surveillance

Tracking Wireless Devices

02/26/2009 - New technology adapted from methods used to pinpoint 911 callers could help thwart terrorists.
Facility Management: Surveillance

Shedding Light on Nighttime Surveillance

02/26/2009 - Seeing into the heart of darkness isn't as hard as you might think, thanks to technologies ranging from thermal imagers to short wave infrared.
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EU Could Investigate VoIP Eavesdropping

02/25/2009 - Following a request from Italian legal authorities, a European Union (E.U.) crime fighting body is considering ways to investigate eavesdropping on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services such as Skype.
Book Reviews: Surveillance

Covert Surveillance and Intelligence Gathering

02/25/2009 - The self-published Covert Surveillance and Intelligence Gathering reads more like a graduate-school paper without much valuable information.
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Google Latitude Provokes Privacy Fears

02/05/2009 - One of the world's foremost privacy organizations has slammed Google's new Latitude feature that allows people to track each other from their phones or computers as they go about their daily business.
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Cambridge City Council Stops Activation of Surveillance Cameras

02/05/2009 - In the enduring controversy over whether surveillance cameras bring security or erode privacy, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently voted to halt the activation of eight security cameras because the public has yet to be told what precisely the cameras will be used for, reports The Boston Globe.
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Face-blurring Technology in CCTV Systems Could Protect Privacy, Researcher Says

02/02/2009 - The omnipresence of sophisticated CCTV systems and its impact on privacy has led one researcher to propose an opt-in facial blurring technology for people uncomfortable under the gaze of surveillance systems.
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Pittsburgh's Waterfront Installs Security Cameras

01/26/2009 - Pittsburgh's The Waterfront has invested in new security cameras to deter crime after two fatal shootings this summer, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Book Reviews: Surveillance

Understanding Surveillance Technologies: Spy Devices, Privacy, History, and Applications; Second Edition

11/25/2008 - A mammoth history of security technologies from ancient China to today's world of genetic mapping and network security.
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US May Have Illegally Listened in on Citizens' Calls

10/14/2008 - The Senate is looking into allegations that the National Security Agency listened in on and shared information about calls made by Americans living abroad.
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