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MICHAELLE LIRTZMAN, ABC - Americans, by nearly a 3-to-1 margin, support
the increased use of surveillance cameras - a measure decried by some
civil libertarians, but credited in London with helping to catch a
variety of perpetrators since the early 1990s. Given the chief
arguments, pro and con - a way to help solve crimes vs. too much of a
government intrusion on privacy - it isn't close: 71 percent of
Americans favor the increased use of surveillance cameras, while 25
percent oppose it.
London's surveillance network, known as the "Ring of Steel," is said to
have aided in the capture of suspects, including those accused of a pair
of attempted car bombings in June. A similar system is coming to New
York City, which plans 100 new surveillance cameras in downtown
Manhattan by year's end and 3,000 - public and private - by 2010.
Chicago and Baltimore plan expanded surveillance systems as well.
Critics, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, have opposed such
systems, arguing that they invade privacy, and could be used to track
innocent people.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3422372&page=1
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MICHAELLE LIRTZMAN, ABC - Americans, by nearly a 3-to-1 margin, support
the increased use of surveillance cameras - a measure decried by some
civil libertarians, but credited in London with helping to catch a
variety of perpetrators since the early 1990s. Given the chief
arguments, pro and con - a way to help solve crimes vs. too much of a
government intrusion on privacy - it isn't close: 71 percent of
Americans favor the increased use of surveillance cameras, while 25
percent oppose it.
London's surveillance network, known as the "Ring of Steel," is said to
have aided in the capture of suspects, including those accused of a pair
of attempted car bombings in June. A similar system is coming to New
York City, which plans 100 new surveillance cameras in downtown
Manhattan by year's end and 3,000 - public and private - by 2010.
Chicago and Baltimore plan expanded surveillance systems as well.
Critics, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, have opposed such
systems, arguing that they invade privacy, and could be used to track
innocent people.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3422372&page=1
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