Big Brother Watches the Super Bowl

from the transparent-society-or-one-way-mirror? dept.
MarkGubrud writes "The Washington Post reports that police used video surveillance and face-recognition technology to scan for "known criminals and suspected terrorists" among attendees at the Super Bowl." MarkGubrud writes "The Washington Post reports that police used video surveillance and face-recognition technology to scan for "known criminals and suspected terrorists" among attendees at the Super Bowl and "visitors to the popular entertainment district of Ybor City" during the week before the game. No arrests were made, but 19 individuals were identified. "All had criminal histories but had committed no crimes of a 'serious nature'." The police did try to apprehend one such criminal, "a known ticket scalper."