Plug pulled on London Webcams, as Bush sweeps into town

[Media_Lies_Daily]

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34062.html>

Excerpt:

"With London bracing itself for the mother of all security operations, it should come as little surprise that some strategically-place Webcams have gone on the blink."

[E_Zapata]

1. Of course, don't need a tape transcript of US footmen SHOOTING

innocent people........

How friggin ironic.......get rid of evidence building equipment like webcams. Now, gee....... I wonder.....is Al Queda REALLY after georgie, and thereby warranting the mother of all security operations? Or could it be that 'dissent' displeases his majesty? Nah, it couldn't be that......george thinks freedom of speech is quaint.

[tom_paine]

2. To be honest, this seems like a natural security precaution

Seperating myself from my disgust at King George and what he has done, realtime web cams could be used to coordinate attacks.

True, the point made above about keeping safe any footage taken of abuses by British or Amerikan Security Forces is a vlid one, I honestly think that security would be lapsing if they didn't do that.

In the alternate universe where President Gore was allowed to take his seat, I wouldn't be bitching about taking the WebCams off line either.

In conclusion: Perfectly acceptable security precaution, IMHO, in spite of the downside.

[LibLabUK]

4. Hmm

"True, the point made above about keeping safe any footage taken of abuses by British or Amerikan Security Forces is a vlid one, I honestly think that security would be lapsing if they didn't do that"

There's plenty of press cameras present. The BBC and Channel 4 (to name only the British TV ones) won't shy away from showing any abuses by police or USSS. Channel 4 did it for the abuse of the Anti-terrorist Act by Police at this year's arms fair.

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. This webcam is working

http://www.camvista.com/england/london/trafsq.php3?pageMode=nonjava

[bif]

6. Found that one yesterday, but...

Who knows how long it'll be on line? The big protest is tomorrow. Any bets?

[Turbineguy]

5. We know this Bogus Pub Crawl is costing the U.K.

about $2.5 Million per day. Does anyone know how much the American taxpayers grandchildren are on the hook for?

Will this trip be more expensive than the 911 Investigation?

Will it cost more than Kenny Starr's obsession with Bill Clinton's engorged member (or should that be Member)?

I guess we'll know eventually

[LittleApple81]

8. No we won't find out. n/t

[NNN0LHI]

7. Remember when Baghdad had webcams? That was before they were free