There is another one of these threads over on photonet
While some aspects of it appear on the surface to eminently sensible, the idea of being entered into a terror suspect database for photographing "landmarks" (and having your pictures checked - guess they've never come across LF film yet...) appals me
"Cracking down on picture-taking at potential terrorist targets
"Individuals seen taking photos of landmarks and other potential targets are not usually arrested (it's not illegal), but U.S. officers check their pictures and enter their names in an interagency record base."
You are being checked and your details recorded. Photographing a "landmark" may well lead to you being catalogued and listed on such a database or terrorist suspects
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:FDFVemuGpsoJ:www.time.com/time/ma gazine/article/subscriber/0,10987,1101040712-660960,00.html+Cracking+d own+on+picture-taking+at+potential+terrorist+targets&hl=en
or http://tinyurl.com/4p5m8
BTW - there is absolutely no intention here to troll - it is, however, starting to get to the point where anyone photographing in a noticeable way - especially on in which the security/police jobsworths are unable to see an obvious reason for ("why exactly DO you photograph power stations, railway stations, shopping malls, suburbs, bridges... there isn't really any "reason" to photograph those things is there - hmmm that's highly suspicious") then you very quickly become a serious suspect.
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