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Un-American target of opportunity

Americans in Atlanta got a taste of this latest government intrusion into their lives when Homeland Security last Tuesday ran what it called a “counterterrorism operation” not prompted by any specific threat. The agency set up one of its ZBV vans on I-20 and snarled traffic for hours while all trailer trucks were stopped and scanned by Homeland Security personnel.

ThisCantBeHappening! has also learned that the US military has been operating backscanner X-ray machines on the streets of New York, where it has been aiming the devices even at pedestrians. One location where this was done was outside the United Nations building on 1st Avenue in Manhattan.

If you want to see how outrageous this is getting, check out this promotional video produced by AS&E, which shows their vans cruising the streets of New York, X-raying parked cars and trucks along the curb. Imagine what happens as this mobil X-ray device inadvertently zaps pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. In fact, in the video, you can actually see people walking on the pavement as the vehicle goes by scanning the parked cars. (Since the operator is busy monitoring the screen, there's no way he is turning it off to spare the pedestrians.)

http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/228

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