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Law Enforcement Takes Police Surveillance to New Heights
Will "wide-area surveillance" and "facial recognition," developed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, make America safer? Do they threaten the right to privacy?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenIt sounds like a Hollywood movie, but surveillance technologies developed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be coming to a city near you. Will "wide-area surveillance" and "facial recognition" make America safer? Do they threaten the right to privacy and the presumption of innocence? Also, Russia and Ukraine reach a deal, but pro-Russia militants are ignoring it. On today's Talking Point: a planet 500 light years away that looks very familiar.
Banner image: Imagery from Persistent Surveillance's "wide-area surveillance" technologies.
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