[FedCom] "On Scene" Barnes MAP/ANGB

[ed]

nice.  a secret federal law making it a crime to monitor the public 
airwaves on public property that's open to the public.  it's pretty obvious 
no terrorist would be openly monitoring with a scanner at an airport...but 
apparently that's not obvious to our public officials.

unfortunately, the only way to stop this nonsense before it gets out of 
hand is to challenge it.  and apparently the only way to challenge this 
invisible, secret law is to be charged with violating it so that it can be 
subjected to a bright spotlight in a court of law.  if this isn't done, the 
definition of "critical radio activities" will be systematically expanded 
to include just about everything your tax dollars pay for.

so what's the definition of "all controlled airports" anyway?  and does 
anyone in the group have a list of these airports?

-ed


At 07:30 PM 4/22/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Afternoon Gents:
>A word of caution from the south.
>Two different friends were monitoring at Peachtree-DeKalb & Hartsfield
>Int'l. They were approached by the
>local airport police unit. They were asked for ID and told that the FAA has
>asked that NO ONE monitor aircraft activity at airports. A call to the FAA
>PIO stated that there is a NEW provision in the Terriorist Controls to
>prohibit monitoring of aircraft AND other critical radio
>activities at ALL CONTROLLED airports. I have requested a copy of the
>Terriorists Controls from my Congressman for clarification. His Office
>Manager in DC returned my call and said the literature was of RESTRICTED
>ACCESS and was not available to the
>average citizen.
>SOOOOO!!!:  It seems the airport law enforcement
>personnel have something they can interrrept anyway they want. A word of
>caution.
>Paul Cobb    KD4CDE