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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (339341)7/29/2007 10:11:01 PM
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Surveillance Cameras Win Broad Support
Majority of Americans Favor Extra Safety Factor of Cameras

ANALYSIS by MICHELLE LIRTZMAN
July 29, 2007

Crime-fighting beats privacy in public places: Americans, by nearly a 3-to-1 margin, support the increased use of surveillance cameras — a measure decried by some civil libertarians, but credited in London with helping to catch a variety of perpetrators since the early 1990s.

Given the chief arguments, pro and con — a way to help solve crimes vs. too much of a government intrusion on privacy — it isn't close: 71 percent of Americans favor the increased use of surveillance cameras, while 25 percent oppose it.
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