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U.K. Researchers Develop Anti-Card Counting Surveillance Tool

Oct 20, 2009 -Two researchers in the United Kingdom believe they have developed one more tool in a casino's arsenal to ensure the house almost always wins, according to New Scientist.

New York City's Ring of Steel Gets Wider

Oct 05, 2009 -The network of surveillance cameras; license-plate readers; and chemical, biological, and radiological sensors that protect lower Manhattan will expand to cover mid-town, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced yesterday.

DC Metro to Add Surveillance Cameras to System

Sep 29, 2009 -Trains, buses, and stations in the nation's capital will add cameras in what The Washington Post reports could become the beginning of a system-wide surveillance operation for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

CCTV Reclaims Public Housing Complexes in Newark

Sep 14, 2009 -A $5 million investment in a sprawling video surveillance system by the Newark Public Housing Authority has driven away drug dealers, prostitutes, and vagrants from the city's public housing complexes, reports Newark's The Star-Ledger.

Report Warns of Losing "Locational Privacy"

Aug 12, 2009 -A new report from a privacy watchdog warns that Americans are losing their privacy as they travel through public space due to location-based technological services such as EZ Pass and cellphones.

New UAV Thrown Like a Boomerang

Aug 11, 2009 -Two times a year, unmanned-aerial-vehicle makers bring their wares to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s biannual field demonstration to try and carve out a niche in an exploding defense market. This year, a small UAV stood out.

CBP Testing Drone Along Northern Border

Jun 25, 2009 -Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has adopted a new addition to help the agency watch over the northern border in upstate New York: a Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System, according to WWTI in Watertown, New York.

DHS to Eliminate Bush-era Spy Satellite Office, Paper Reports

Jun 23, 2009 -Bush Administration’s transfer of domestic of spy satellite activity to DHS from the Department of the Interior elicited outcry from civil libertarians who feared the move would lead to unconstitutional surveillance.

Pentagon Calls Protests "Low-Level Terrorism"

Jun 16, 2009 -The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Pentagon to immediately remedy a question on a test that equates protests with "low-level terrorism," according to a letter from the civil liberties group.

New Cameras at Chicago's Navy Pier Lead to Arrests, Saved Lives

Jun 11, 2009 -Chicago's multi-million dollar investment to install security cameras around the city's famous Navy Pier has started to pay off, according to The Chicago Tribune.
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