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3 Men Arrested for Filming Reservoir Released [Also Taped Local Dam and Filtration Plant]
Conservative Cybercast News Service ^ | May 17, 2002 | News This Hour Section

Posted on 05/17/2002 4:43:29 PM PDT by codebreaker

Three men who were caught videotaping a water filtration plant in Easton, Conn. have been released because there was no evidence that the water supply was tampered with authorites said Friday.

According to police and FBI agents, the men, of Indian descent, were just taking shots of the reservior with a new video camera Thursday evening.

'We are absolutely certain that the water is safe and that there was no tampering,' said Easton Police Chief John Solomon at a news conference.

The men, identified as 21 year old Juned Ahmed Chowdhury, and 19 year olds Hassan Choudhury and Redwander Choudhury, were held overnight and charged with misdeamanor tresspassing then released.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Connecticut; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 3manteam; cameraincidents; chowdhury; hassanchoudhury; junedahmedchowdhury; junedchowdhury; middileeastdecent; redwanderchoudhury; swarthymales; tapingreservior
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This is really bugging me, shouldn't we at least be considering that these swarthy males are up to no good?
1 posted on 05/17/2002 4:43:29 PM PDT by codebreaker
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To: codebreaker
...of Indian descent...

I bet they are not Hindu (Ahmed?)

2 posted on 05/17/2002 4:46:36 PM PDT by BrooklynGOP
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To: codebreaker
There should be vicious dogs protecting sites like this... dogs with pig blood on their snouts.
3 posted on 05/17/2002 4:47:14 PM PDT by Principled
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To: codebreaker
Everyone who buys a new video recorder run out to their local water filtration plant to record it--don't they?
4 posted on 05/17/2002 4:48:52 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: codebreaker
No mention of their immigration status.
5 posted on 05/17/2002 4:49:26 PM PDT by healey22
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To: codebreaker
Fox News reported that they were tourists and they have been released.
6 posted on 05/17/2002 4:51:03 PM PDT by blam
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To: BrooklynGOP
A previous news story, that I saw here on FR this morning, said they were Muslim, now this one says Indian - looks like we can't profile and we'll just have to wait and see because I do NOT want to be called a bigot by the National Organization for Men of Indeterminate Ethnic or Religious Backgrounds Who Love Videotaping Public Infrastucture...
7 posted on 05/17/2002 4:51:20 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks
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To: codebreaker
Watch the little fish. He will eventually swim towards the bigger fish.
8 posted on 05/17/2002 4:51:47 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: codebreaker
toldja. either they are being tracked, or the govt. WANTS mass fear and cries for restrictions on freedom.
9 posted on 05/17/2002 4:56:21 PM PDT by galt-jw
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To: blam
Tourists not terrorists,nothing to see here,move along.
10 posted on 05/17/2002 4:56:22 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: blam
Oh geez - yeah, "tourist". That's just great.
11 posted on 05/17/2002 4:56:25 PM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: codebreaker
This is really bugging me, shouldn't we at least be considering that these swarthy males are up to no good?

The problem is, what legal prescedent is there for keeping them in custody?
12 posted on 05/17/2002 4:58:23 PM PDT by Dimensio
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You should be in the FBI, it seems that our wonderful police and FBI agents aren't smart enough to realize that the names Ahmed and Hassan are Islamic names.

For the information of our law enforcement authorities Pakistan and Bangladesh were once part of India and became separate countries after Indian independence. Many Muslims went to these new Islamic countries, but many also stayed in India, they are perfect Trojan horses to send to the U.S. for terrorist actions.

13 posted on 05/17/2002 4:58:46 PM PDT by Colombia59
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To: blam
Fox News reported that they were tourists and they have been released

merely filming an opportune terrorist target....the crap is wearing thin. i know when i go on vacation, i always climb up several hundred foot structures, marked no trespassing, and film the nondescript, bland objects. >sarcasm, for the literary impaired.

14 posted on 05/17/2002 4:59:46 PM PDT by galt-jw
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To: Colombia59
are perfect Trojan horses

fbi been infiltrated?

15 posted on 05/17/2002 5:00:51 PM PDT by galt-jw
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To: Chad Fairbanks
I do NOT want to be called a bigot by the National Organization for Men of Indeterminate Ethnic or Religious Backgrounds Who Love Videotaping Public Infrastucture...

There's a quote of the day.

16 posted on 05/17/2002 5:01:01 PM PDT by cgk
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Is it too uch to ask for, to have our water supplies protected? electrical fences, motion detectors, rednecks with shotguns.....anything ?
17 posted on 05/17/2002 5:04:53 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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...shouldn't we at least be considering that these swarthy males are up to no good?

If I understand your question, I think someome did. They were arrested wern't they? Apparently the were able to convince police that they meant no harm. And as far as I know, no Indians (from India) have committed terrorist acts against America.

18 posted on 05/17/2002 5:11:52 PM PDT by luvbach1
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To: Colombia59
Didn't notice Islamic names. A wary eye should be kept on them. And if their "papers are not in order" ve muss schnell deporten them.
19 posted on 05/17/2002 5:15:57 PM PDT by luvbach1
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To: Dimensio
There is really no legal precedent and that is a problem.
20 posted on 05/17/2002 5:16:14 PM PDT by Aliska
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