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Photographer detained by police, BP employee near refinery
Field Notes NBC News ^ | July 4th 2010 | None Listed

Posted on 07/05/2010 3:13:39 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg

A photographer taking pictures of a BP refinery in Texas was detained by a BP security official, local police and a man who said he was from the Department of Homeland Security, according to ProPublica, a non-profit news organization in the U.S.

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OK now I am getting a bit concerned...

Are we nearing a point where M.L. will declared by the "Juan" (A.K.A. The Won)

Do follow the link and read the whole story use the links they provide also.

IMO this is starting to sound like we are crossing into a Polics State.

A voice in my head keeps whispering "never let a crisis go to waste" every time I read stories like this...

1 posted on 07/05/2010 3:13:43 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
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To: Mad Dawgg
Are we nearing a point where M.L. will declared by the "Juan" (A.K.A. The Won)

We WILL get M.L. before Nov 2 rolls around and there will be no election.
2 posted on 07/05/2010 3:21:17 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Glad they checked him. He might have been a terrorist scouting for an attack. Sounds like they were doing their jobs.


3 posted on 07/05/2010 3:21:17 PM PDT by 'smith
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To: Mad Dawgg

Or maybe he was a terrorist looking for targets?


4 posted on 07/05/2010 3:21:40 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Isn't enough always enough?)
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To: Cheerio
We WILL get M.L. before Nov 2 rolls around and there will be no election.

Congrats! You are sounding just like the LibTards were about this time before the 2008 elections.

INBN

5 posted on 07/05/2010 3:23:27 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (3(0|\|0/\/\1($ 101: (4P174L1$/\/\ R3QU1r3$ (4P174L. Could it be any more simple?)
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To: Mad Dawgg

If he was a terrorist, do you suppose he doesn’t have access to google-earth?


6 posted on 07/05/2010 3:29:01 PM PDT by marron
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To: Mad Dawgg
It's funny that we have a UK company and the feds in a cover up of the property the America people are suppose to own.HOW ARROGANT IS THIS???The us government are nothing more than low life criminals.They rob,plunder and steal daily!
7 posted on 07/05/2010 3:29:28 PM PDT by taxtruth (Something really stinks In The Federal Government/Mafia and I think it's BO!)
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To: Mad Dawgg

There is really nothing unusual here. Security is tight at many industrial complexes and threats and suspicion of threat are taken very seriously.


8 posted on 07/05/2010 3:31:40 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (If November does not turn out well, then beware of December.)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Congrats! You are sounding just like the LibTards were about this time before the 2008 elections.

Except in 2008 we didn't have a marxist in office....just sayin..

9 posted on 07/05/2010 3:31:58 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM, where are you?)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Didn’t you ever travel to a communist country? They had signs on public buildings and key industrial and transportation facilities warning you to not take pictures. No reason to think things would be different here.


10 posted on 07/05/2010 3:32:31 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: 'smith

he was followed by a BP employee after taking a picture on a public road near the refinery”

What picture of a refinery can you take from the road that would require a “representative of the Joint Terrorism Task Force who determined that the photographer’s actions did not pose a threat to public safety.”?

Would it be any of these?:

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=BP+refinery+in+Texas&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=


11 posted on 07/05/2010 3:34:54 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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To: marron

We had pictures takers at Shell all of the time. It’s a no no.

The ones that got me were the two middle eastern guys taking pictures of what we call the underground tunnel. They were taking pictures waist high of all the doors including exit doors. So you never know.


12 posted on 07/05/2010 4:02:22 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: philetus

Simple fact: Since 9/11, you are NOT ALLOWED to tale photos of refineries. I transport propane out of them daily, and if I get caught taking any pics, I lose my ability to enter them ever again.

This is nothing but proper security. No ML!

If you want to get access to any refinery, or any port in the US today, you need a TWIC card (Terminal Worker’s Identification Credential). That’s THE LAW.


13 posted on 07/05/2010 4:03:51 PM PDT by datura (Stop Obamunism.)
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The face of a dictator monster perched on his throne!!

This picture reminds me so much of Evita and her evil dictator husband...Don't cry for me Argentina!!

14 posted on 07/05/2010 4:12:58 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: freekitty
The ones that got me were the two middle eastern guys taking pictures of what we call the underground tunnel. They were taking pictures waist high of all the doors including exit doors.

That would make me nervous.

15 posted on 07/05/2010 4:18:25 PM PDT by marron
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To: philetus

Concerning photos at your link:

Ever hear of a telephoto lens (used at ground level)? Or, do you want to risk the possibility of a horrific “accidental” (w/sarcasm) explosion.

I am glad the photographer was detained and questioned.

Gwjack


16 posted on 07/05/2010 4:45:04 PM PDT by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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To: marron

It did.


17 posted on 07/05/2010 5:28:44 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: datura

I actually didn’t know they had refineries on a list of no pics.I’ve lived close to refineries and been to refineries and never thought one would need detail planning to blow it up.My bad.


18 posted on 07/05/2010 5:29:57 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

sfl


19 posted on 07/05/2010 8:17:02 PM PDT by phockthis
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