[What about commercial or general aviation flights? Tall buildings nearby? What about commercial providers of satellite images that have been selling such photos to the public for years? You'd think that if a terrorist cell is determined enough to carry off an attack they might find alternate ways to secure a photograph of something that's in plain view. --Declan] --- http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=9618 Dutch politicians say Google Earth images help terrorists 12/08/2005 by Joe Figueiredo Google Earth, the prominent search engine’s latest internet service that allows users to zoom in and display aerial images of any part of the globe, has caused a bit of a stir in the Dutch lower house and among local security experts. Both politicians and police are concerned that certain locations in the Netherlands, such as the port of Rotterdam, the royal palace in the Hague and Amsterdam Airport, already potential terrorist targets, could be made more vulnerable to terrorists thanks to the detailed images created from satellites and aircrafts within the last three years available via Google Earth. [...remainder snipped...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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