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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2005-08-17-google-maps-terrorism_x.htm

Posted 8/17/2005 10:23 PM

"Lawmakers fear software use for terror"
By Toby Sterling, The Associated Press

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Two members of the Dutch parliament have questioned whether a free mapping program from Google Inc. may help would-be terrorists by providing aerial photos of potential targets.

Google Earth, launched this year, uses overlapping satellite photos to simulate the experience of flying from the stratosphere down to any spot on earth."


2,249 posted on 08/19/2005 9:18:09 PM PDT by Cindy
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2,250 posted on 08/19/2005 9:22:59 PM PDT by bored at work (I feel more like I do now than when I first logged on . . .)
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2,251 posted on 08/19/2005 9:23:34 PM PDT by bored at work (I feel more like I do now than when I first logged on . . .)
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