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When they mentioned this on TV news, where I first heard of it, it said they are doing this as an anti-terrorism measure. That statement didn't make it into the internet copy, at least not the updated version.

Also, this is the first I heard of them having found suspicious people who were videotaping in Santa Monica.

[FairOpinion]

Hmmmmm... PING

[FairOpinion]

From another article on the same subject:

"KNBC-TV reports the installation isn’t so much being made because of any crime in the area, but more because of terrorism fears. Reports have been coming in of suspicious people taking pictures and video of the facilities, and both the pier and the Promenade have been the subjects in the past of known al Qaida chatter on possible targets for attack."

http://www.securitysales.com/t_ci_newsView.cfm?nid=2768&numDays=7

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