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Subject:        Re: California Assemblyman wants to censor Satellite Imagery
Date:   Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:37:14 -0500
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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I'd say the horse left the barn several years ago, so what's the point...

Paige

At 10:24 AM 3/5/2009, you wrote:
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>Subject:        California Assemblyman wants to censor Satellite Imagery
>Date:   Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:46:16 -0600 (CST)
>From:   Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]>
>To:     Map&AirPhotoDiscussionList <[log in to unmask]>
>
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>
>Hello,
>
>This was in the Map Room when I checked this
>morning. Note that this would be at the state
>level, not the Federal. Linda Zellmer
>
>Republican California Assemblyman Joel Anderson
>has introduced a bill to censor online satellite
>imagery of public buildings. “His bill would
>restrict the images such Web sites could post
>online. Clear, detailed images of schools,
>hospitals, churches and all government buildings
>— what he calls soft terrorism targets — would
>not be allowed. … His bill would make it illegal
>in California to post close-up images of such
>buildings. Instead, the images would have to be
>blurred.” Note to terrorists: Everything
>blurred is worth bombing. And, since
>transportation infrastructure is also clearly a
>soft terrorist target, all imagery of roads should be blurred too.
>oo.
>
>--
>Linda Zellmer
>Government Information & Data Services Librarian
>415 Malpass Library
>Macomb, IL 61455
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>Phone: 309-298-2723
>Fax: 309-298-2791