“An FBI Counterterrorism Agent Tracked Me Down Because I Took a Picture of This”

July 15th, 2014

Via: ACLU:

So, consider this: A professional photographer taking a photo of a well-known Boston landmark is now considered to be engaged in suspicious terrorist activity?

I lived through the McCarthy era, so I know how false accusations, surveillance, and keeping files on innocent people can destroy their careers and lives. I am deeply troubled that the SAR program may be recreating that same climate of false accusation and fear today.

One Response to ““An FBI Counterterrorism Agent Tracked Me Down Because I Took a Picture of This””

  1. soothing hex says:

    August 17th, 2011
    Long Beach Police Department Claims Authority to Detain People for Taking Pictures “With No Apparent Aesthetic Value”
    https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=24299

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