[FedCom] "On Scene" Barnes MAP/ANGB

[ken windyka]

Hello Ed & the group:

Ed, I just don't think anyone on this list is going to do any legal
challenges, especially getting oneself arrested.  Anyone that has got
caught up in the criminal justice systems knows that it costs lots of money
for lawyers with in many cases an unknown outcome...   You do have to
communicate any law to people, you just can't hide it.  However, any law
enforcement officer can asked you to move on from a particular area.  For
example at night it would be very reasonable to do this.....  As far as
what a terrorist would/wouldn't do sorry to say but there's evidence that
many terrorist attacks were  planned with numerous surveillance activities
video/cameras/still photos ,etc. SO  I guess that law should also include
photos of airports???  Brings us back to the "cold war" days on military
bases where photography was prohibited in many areas on base and
appropriate signs were posted...

Ken     


At 08:01 PM 4/22/02 -0400, you wrote:
>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.