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English: New York Mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

New York City Mayor Michael Bloombergis touting the latest police state technology.

 

 

NYPD Unveils Orwellian ‘Domain Awareness System’

 

The “Domain Awareness System,” aside from its blatantly Orwellian name, is a super surveillance database possible through a partnership between Microsoft and the city of New York.

 

 

The system allows NYPD 24/7 access to closed-circuit TV feeds from around the city while simultaneously cross-checking criminal and terrorist databases.

 

Speaking of the importance of security over freedoms, Bloomberg stated at the unveiling Wednesday, “The bad guys have everything that we do, too. And if you really want to worry about security and freedoms, that’s the first thing…We are not your mom and pop police department anymore. We are in the next century. We are leading the pack.”

 

According to CBS New York, gives police the power to:

 

- Identify whether a radiation alarm was set off by actual radiation, a weapon, or a harmless medical isotope

 

- Track where a suspect’s car is located, and where it has been in the past few days, weeks or months

 

- Instantly see a suspect’s arrest record, and 911 calls related to the crime

 

The system will also use CCTV from about 3,000 cameras to allow police to “travel back in time” and see how certain crimes were committed.

 

Although the threat of a terrorist attack is miniscule, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly cites “terrorism” as one of the reasons such a system is needed: “We realized that we had the opportunity to create a powerful system to help combat both terrorism and conventional crime, city-wide.”

 

A d v e r t i s e m e n t

 

Despite Microsoft providing the majority of technology and experience needed to build powerful high-tech computing machines, the Commissioner would have us believe his officers actually helped create the system, saying, “This system was developed by police officers for police officers.”

 

Kelly further attempts to sell the technology as “for the good of the people,” saying, “It’s a tool that meets the needs of the Department, one that will help protect New Yorkers and keep us safe from crime and terrorism for years to come.”

 

Bloomberg is eager to see……..

 

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via Prison Planet.com » NYPD Unveils Orwellian ‘Domain Awareness System’.

 

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