be suspicious of anyone taking pictures or video of landmarks

[prodigal_green]

I just heard this on the local Fox affiliate, channel 5 in New York City.

Uh...OK.

[Pushup Jock]

1. Poor Japanese tourists! n/t

[newyawker99]

25. Hi Pushup Jock!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[NewHampshireDem]

2. Terrorists ... Tourists ...

Hmmm ... they actually sound the same if you do *'s dumbass drawl.

[prodigal_green]

7. LOL

Probably got a memo from the Department of Transportation saying that there was a lot of chatter on tourist websites indicating increased activity in NYC and DC in the month of August.

[k in IA]

3. I bet the tourists will be feeling uncomfortable taking their pictures.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. My, my so taking a phto of lady liberty is out

I guess we will have to take the photos at the drug store....

:eyes:

[Cheneys_former_heart]

5. Point cameras away from the Lady in the harbor, damn it!!

What a crock.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

6. anyone with a video camera is a terrorist.

and that includes the guy who shot the Rodney King video. He caused those riots, right?

[Webster Green]

8. The terrorists have won! The sheeple are scared shitless!

Are you scared yet? I'm not.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

9. And don't forget to check under your bed and in your closets! n/t

[aquart]

10. I know. I thought they were just a bit insane.

Now, if you see someone in Newark taking shots of the Prudential building......I would reasonably have some qualms.

[KC21304]

16. Sounds like they already have all the pictures they need.

And the routine of the security guards, and the kind of weapons they carry, and ... you get the idea.

[teach1st]

11. So the bad guys...

...wait until the terror alerts to do their photographic recon work. Kind of last minute.

[VOX]

12. There go the tourist dollars.

"You there, put that camera on the deck and back away from the statue!"

[Sparkly]

13. Right, also anyone asking for directions or looking "disoriented"

I read it someplace today... I'll try to find the link.

[SammyWinstonJack]

17. Are you serious?

OMG! How insane does this sound? :crazy:

[Sparkly]

18. Yes, but I can't find it now

Maybe it was last night, on CNN's website... The article there is different now, and I don't know how to get the old one.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

19. Why does this sound like something straight out of Monty Python?

[Aftershock]

14. I'm going to go to jail for taking pictures of the Statue of Liberty.

DAMNIT! All I wanted was a good rememberance from that place. :(

Stupid family vacations.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

15. DETAIN ALL FOREIGN TOURISTS!!....

SEND IN LYNDIE AND HER GANG...WE'LL MAKE THEM TALK, BY GOLLY!!

[Fla Dem]

20. Fear I tell you...govern with fear....

I will be immensely saddened if there is another terrorist attack on the United States. But after almost 3 full years of relative quiet I am so suspicious of this administrations motives and actions. Whenever there is something positive happening, in this case the Dem's convention and Kerry's campaign, they bring out the "terra" alerts.

Thinking about it, how stupid for them to schedule their convention in NYC. Surely they could have gone to a less prominent city like Houston, Kansas City, Phoenix etc. Not to say these cities are any less esteemed in their own right, but are not in the "iconic" city category like NYC which makes it such a highly valued target.

[lottie244]

21. There goes tourism in D.C.

Look for the economic down turn as tourist stay home all over america and sell your stock in all video and camera operations. No one will be able to use them in the near future.

[RC]

22. And pregnant women and

people carrying packages into restaurants and... Oh NO!!! I have a pot belly and I like to carry my camera around with me in a not so little case and I eat out quite a bit.... I'm a terrorist!

[Deja Q]

23. OMG, he took a picture of a bridge from 300 feet away, using a camera...

whose lens is clearly incapable of doing such a close-up zoom!

Obviously that person is an evil terrorist! :eyes:

Sheesh, I gave my 68 year old aunt some prints of my photowork last Christmas. The feds delayed her luggage for 3 WEEKS, trying to determine if 5 pics of a bridge from a far distance showing no surrounding area and 7 forms of wildlife are a threat. :eyes: x(

This is beyond ridiculous.

For this Xmas I'll be giving her some kewl b/w prints. I'm sure an infrared of an azalea will prove to compromise national security for decades to come. :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[Bake]

24. So they'd better be watching all those people coming into NYC

For the Repukelican Convention -- they might be carrying cameras! ARREST THOSE TERRAISTS!!

Bake