Boston Bombing May Lead to Crackdown on Public Use of Cameras

One of the lessons the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking away from the Boston Marathon bombing is the “potential for phone cameras and video recorders being used to plan these kinds of attacks.”

Secretary Janet Napolitano says DHS is “looking into the inherent threat posed by unauthorized use of these devices, especially in heavily trafficked public places. Law enforcement personnel at every level need to be on alert for people deploying these devices.”

Napolitano professed to be “especially concerned that government officers in the midst of carrying out the directives of higher authorities might be intimidated by fears that their actions are being secretly recorded.”

In related news, those who want an iconic photo of President Obama observing a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the bombing should contact Democratic National Committee headquarters (ph. 202-863-8000). Chairwoman Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz urged everyone “to commemorate this tragic and historic moment by obtaining this portrait of our indomitable leader and simultaneously making a donation to help ensure that the Party has the funding needed to continue promoting its agenda.”

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I immediately thought of this:

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/

DHS and other federal agents DO NOT want to be photographed, especially if what they are doing is not particularly authorized by the constitution, and in fact, is distinctly prohibited by the constitution.

This is not because such incriminating photographs, even of them committing blatant criminal acts, will ever result in them being prosecuted for those acts, especially with the current regime clinging to power; but it will be an unpleasant “public relations” gaffe that will make the official White House propagandist uncomfortable while denying it ever took place, and accusing those who mentioned it of being anti-American, in some bizarro world sort of way.

And, if you even think of ascribing *any* legitimacy to this at all, let me remind you that the *first* thing that is done in such terrorist attacks, as was done in Boston, is to shut down the cell phone towers in the area. So detonating any further bombs with cell phones is not a real problem.

What is, is using those cell phones other feature: photography. Which is *specifically* what they want to discourage.

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