To the Point
London Bomb Scare Raises Profile of CCTV's in the US
Less than a week after two car bombs were found and disarmed in London and the subsequent attack on the airport in Glasgow by two men in a flaming car, British police are certain they have the main suspects and have lowered the terror alert from "critical" to "severe."
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLess than a week after two car bombs were found and disarmed in London and the subsequent attack on the airport in Glasgow by two men in a flaming car, British police are certain they have the main suspects and have lowered the terror alert from "critical" to "severe." As mainstream Muslims have condemned "extremists," police want to know why several highly educated Muslim doctors would try to kill hundreds of people. One of British law enforcement's resources has been videotape from closed-circuit cameras all over the country, especially in London. Would privacy laws allow the US to adopt that technology? Is it only useful after the fact? Would it encourage a "climate of fear?"
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Bob Carlson
host and producer, 'UnFictional'
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Stephen Fidler
Wall Street Journal
Ihtisham Hibatullah
Spokesman for the British Muslim Initiative
Amitai Etzioni
Professor of International Relations, George Washington University