Now if who ever was doing this saw the news they will stop and go un punished.
This happened at my local post office. Someone would drive up to the mail boxes with a vacuum cleaner and suck the mail out.
Eventually they caught the guy red handed with a cameras just like this.
Shame on the journalists for blowing this sting operation.
But knowing what we know now about the scope of extra-judicial surveillance, I am incredibly grateful that the journalists blew the whistle.
The US government and all of its actors have lost the presumption of good faith, and it's a useful thing to possess.
http://stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/11850150.MPs_to_repor...
> In a long-awaited report on privacy and security, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) reveals MI5, MI6 and GCHQ have disciplined or in some cases dismissed staff for inappropriately accessing personal information obtained through bulk data collection.
That may be true but the camera was positioned to systematically capture information about anyone leaving the facility. There is no mention of it being positioned to monitor the mail drop boxes, which would make more sense if monitoring for mail theft was the only objective.
And if a random customer blows your sting operation, then I guess it's bad luck or bad planning. You can't expect people or journalists to know a camera is part of a sting operation.
I'm not sure how the police / FBI usually handle press intervention, but I'm sure it must have happened before.
EDIT: Splelign