Previous Politech messages on related topics: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04221.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-04239.html -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Photo Student Challenged in Homeland Security Incident Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:30:59 -0700 From: Da'ud X Mohammed <webmaster@private> Organization: Oregon Coast News Signal To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> Hullo Declan, Don't know if you saw this one, or that it might be of interest to Politech readers (who also might happen to be photographers) in the D.C. area, where nearly everything in town appears to be a federal building but in reality may be a future federal case wa-salaam dxm ********* http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Photographer%20Questioned Thursday, July 15, 2004 · Last updated 11:49 p.m. PT Questioning of photo student challenged By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SEATTLE -- Ian Spiers had just hours to finish an assignment for his photography class. He was taking shots of a railroad bridge near the Ballard Locks when an officer with a German shepherd approached him, asked him what he was doing and requested some ID. Later, he was questioned and photographed by a Homeland Security agent. It was the second time in less than two months that Spiers had been questioned about taking pictures of a landmark that attracts hundreds of tourists a day, many of whom snap photos of the ships passing between Lake Union and Elliott Bay. A growing number of photographers around the country have been similarly rousted in recent years as they've tried to take pictures of federal buildings and other major public works, said Donald Winslow, editor of the National Press Photographers Association's magazine. "We've seen the constant erosion of our civil liberties amid this cry for homeland security by doing things that have an appearance of making us safe, but in reality it's a sham," Winslow said. "No one showed up at the World Trade Center and took photographs from nine different angles before they flew planes into it." [...] On the Net: National Press Photographers Association: http://www.nppa.org/ Spiers' Web site: http://www.brownequalsterrorist.com/ _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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