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The improved systems could be used to better detect and neutralize improvised explosive devices, provide real-time visual and recorded surveillance and create maps of areas that are hazardous to inaccessible.

Bart Everett

The people (under surveillance) included the prime minister himself and other members of the government.

Theodoros Roussopoulos

We have to ask ourselves anew the larger question: What surveillance power should the government have? And to what extent should the government be allowed to manage the development of technology to embody its surveillance capability?

Daniel Solove

We've already put in two surveillance cameras and gotten ADT [alarm security]. We had to do something.

Santosh Mahey

The airlines are part of the overall surveillance network. We have a history of working with CDC to identify passengers who might be ill.

Katherine Andrus

The more important thing, though, for disease surveillance is to have movement information.

Jay Truitt

Office buildings and government buildings have surveillance set up. Online, it's pretty easy pickings. A lot of servers aren't secure, and it's not like you have to be super-sophisticated to learn how to hack into the site. You get a lot of bang for the buck.

Alex Fowler

We could have lots of warning in a matter of months, or we could have limited warning in a matter of weeks. It's very difficult to tell so we have to focus on surveillance as prevention and on response and recovery.

John Ashcroft

It is hard to understand because in the past, Singapore has had a very sophisticated dengue surveillance and prevention system.

Kevin Palmer

If in the next three months there are no more new cases, international norms prescribe that we will be declared disease-free. Surveillance of the virus will continue for next three years and then the disease will be presumed to have been eliminated from the country.

Dr Nk Ganguly

(Sept. 11) taught us a lot, and the northern border requires greater security and greater surveillance.

Matt Mackowiak

The surveillance issue has been somewhat of an embarrassment for the administration. As some of the things they have done are illegal.

Bert Rockman

This is an all-in-one, self-contained digital camera solution, not like the surveillance or spy cam type that you've probably seen on the Web.

Dave O'brien

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.

Katharine Graham

Well, all these stars have their houses swept quite regularly by people who work in the surveillance security business. They come in and they look for bugs and things.

Peter Weir

Video surveillance is not the best way to observe a patient with a heart problem. This was dealt with as expeditiously as we could. This is no reason to be alarmed.

Hans Holthuis

About 800 malaria surveillance workers need to be recruited and we had planned to fill up the vacancies in March but could not do so.

Bhumidhar Barman

Surveillance is crucial because, in my view, the outbreaks affecting transmission among chickens were there for some time without being noticed.

Dr Shigeru Omi

The focus right now is on public outreach, surveillance of both animals and humans, and planning with our hospital partners.

John Wiesman

If there are frequent outbreaks, that means some measures are not being taken. The repeated outbreaks really is a signal of seriousness and the inability of the surveillance system.

Dr. Noureddin Mona

Based on my understanding of the connections and equipment at issue, it appears the NSA is capable of conducting what amounts to vacuum-cleaning surveillance of all the data crossing the Internet, whether that be people's e mail, Web surfing or any other data.

Mark Klein

We had an excellent covert operation that had the men under surveillance.

John Morris

Needless to say, we are very pleased with these results, ... Our enhanced surveillance program is designed to provide information about the level of prevalence of B.S.E. in the United States, which by any measure is extremely low.

John Clifford

Our goal is to go after the people who are making the government's illegal surveillance possible. They could not do what they are doing without the help of companies like AT&T. We want to make it clear to AT&T that it is not in their legal or economic interests to violate the law whenever the president asks them to.

Kevin Bankston

It's not just surveillance, it's the entire team of the security department, the slot department, the table games people. They also go through extensive training to be on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary in their particular areas.

Walter Sirorine

We have directed the security forces to step up the surveillance all over the country particularly in metro cities. The government would like to assure the public that it would take all precautionary measures to prevent reoccurrence of such bomb blasts.

Shivraj Patil

I knew her handwriting and then they had surveillance tape of her making a payment on her account at the bank.

Marcia Guinan

I've got a feeling that the usefulness of the bird surveillance program may have passed. We always relied on mosquito data anyway.

Theodore Andreadis

New technologies threaten to create a surveillance society.

Barry Steinhardt

We accept blame, ... We offer our condolences to the village, but I will tell you the surveillance video shows no children there. But we're not trying to avoid blame in this.

Bryan Hilferty

The priority now must be to address the urgent needs over the next six months. OIE and FAO have identified the key priorities as evaluating and strengthening veterinary services, laboratory and surveillance capacity in affected countries and those most at risk.

Bernard Vallat

And what this paper in the Lancet really attests to is the need for us to have really good surveillance for the emergence of drug resistant influenza, and the emergence of novel strains or new strains of influenza, so that we can move quickly to prevent the spread of these influenza viruses when they occur.

Tom Skinner

First and foremost, it was a lesson in propaganda. We were wound up, thinking we might be under surveillance, there would be hidden cameras in our hotel rooms, our phone lines would be bugged, they'd go through all our stuff. As Americans, we really aren't allowed to know much about Cuba or the people there.

Chris Cornell

This is the camel's nose under the tent for using search engines and all kinds of data aggregators as surveillance tools.

Jim Harper

Any countries in the regions which have situations in the rural areas similar to what we have here in Turkey could obviously have some diseases in animals and potentially in humans and that requires to strengthen surveillance systems both for humans and animals and to take all the measures necessary to control diseases in animals.

Dr. Guenael Rodier

We asked the Pakistani authorities to put him under surveillance and follow him. They had the operation so messed up that the guy identified (that) he was under surveillance and didn't go to the meeting.

Gary Schroen

Cisco Systems has marketed equipment specifically designed to make it easier for the Chinese police to carry out surveillance of electronic communications. Cisco is also suspected of giving Chinese engineers training in how to use its products to censor the Internet.

Lucie Morillon

They're going to be under constant surveillance.

Ross Bergen

That highlights the need for a surveillance program such as we're starting in North America.

Hon Ip

Even when Lincoln hanged draft dodgers, he made public his deviation from the law and imposed martial law. There is no analogy and no precedent for clandestine surveillance of domestic telecommunications without a court order.

Philip Russell

It's very important to do this kind surveillance so that we know what's going on. And we're hopeful, since there are some clear differences, that these viruses will be made available to other investigators to do further analysis.

Michael Perdue

But we have better surveillance of West Nile than we did in 2002.

Linn Haramis

The provisions that are a problem are those that minimize judicial scrutiny of searches and surveillance and that increase government secrecy.

Timothy Edgar

We hope that the federal government is able to respond quickly and effectively. It is becoming quite evident that the broad nature of this outbreak is going to quickly deplete both state and local funds dedicated to the epidemiological efforts, laboratory testing, surveillance and mosquito-control efforts.

David Hood

We certainly take these reports seriously and will review the data to determine if there are areas where the (Health Department) can further strengthen its surveillance initiatives.

Rob Kenny

With increased surveillance its not unusual that you would pick up more cases.

Dr Margaret Chan

Surveillance over the ocean is much more difficult than over land because you have a moving target, such as a ship, against a moving background, the ocean. During test flights, we proved that from an altitude of 60,000 feet, Global Hawk can track a ship or pinpoint a buoy in various sea states.

Bill Beck

Has it (surveillance) actually stopped any bombings? It's not clear about that.

Kevin Haggerty

As the defenders of the Constitution, we are deeply troubled that illegal surveillance of law-abiding Americans could be happening in our own building.

Jeff Gamso

We do surveillance in much the same way here in Stoddard County, ... Any number of agencies call us and we collect data on those reports and turn them into the state.

Tom Roy

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.

William Orville Douglas

We do not say surveillance should be stopped, only that it comply with the law.

Neal Sonnett

The actual issues related to our case have nothing to do with getting a surveillance tape from the UPS Store.

John Boyd

We need to expand the use of surveillance.

Vijay Kumar

Indianapolis does not claim to be concerned with protecting highway safety against drivers high on drugs, ... Its program of drug roadblocks belongs to the genre of general programs of surveillance which invade privacy wholesale in order to discover evidence of crime.

Richard Posner

Suppose a player has been betting $5 for the last 10 minutes, and suddenly he starts betting $500. You would want security to swing the surveillance camera around and take his picture. Is he new? Do we have a profile on him? Is he a card counter?

John Kendall

We have gotten wonderful support from the community. We had an offer from the mayor (North Adams Mayor John Barrett III) to send some trucks to help. Many community members called up and offered their time to help us. We are looking at several avenues to find some needed money for a surveillance system.

Maria Caccaviello

The Met has a fantastic reputation ... But we have to find out what went wrong in this surveillance operation and whether the bad information we have received about it was an accident or a cover-up.

Jenny Jones

Even as recently as two years ago, when I was there, Cuba seemed wide open. There was no surveillance, no restrictions on my movements. The Cubans were open in their conversations even to the point of criticizing their government. My understanding is that it's changed dramatically since then.

Miles Frieden

They will have more sophisticated satellite surveillance, including commercial satellite systems that are less sensitive. They will, perhaps, have airborne aerial surveillance, such as helicopters or even the Predator-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

Jonathan Tucker

We've increased the amount of teachers on duty. We met with a surveillance expert on Wednesday and will begin installing video surveillance next week.

Tom Gibbs

Our goal was to better understand what happened, and why the campus demonstration appeared on the domestic surveillance database. We are very pleased that the Pentagon has removed that event from the list. Political dissent is protected speech. I believe that these kinds of lists really smack of McCarthyism and it is reminiscent of 1954.

Ucsc Chancellor Denice Denton

As the buildings age and they approach 15 to 20 years of age certain things need replacement. In the citizen survey a desire was also expressed for additional safety and security at the campuses so we are looking at expanding security through surveillance and campus card access systems.

Sid Grant

These people including the liberals' lapdogs in the news media are actually lying to the American people by implying that the NSA is indiscriminately spying on Americans. That's baloney. They kept people in the United States under surveillance who were contacted by suspects in other countries.

Sid Francis

I think this is a highly organized abduction. There would have been a period of surveillance and they would have realized exactly where they were going to kidnap this person.

Alan Bell

Dr. Travis has been a local and national leader in West Nile surveillance.

William Paul

It's simply a very bad idea for privacy and for free speech for the government to design any technology, much less the Internet, to be surveillance-friendly.

Lee Tien

This is the first time that a global network of [Rockefeller-directed infectious disease surveillance outposts and] laboratories are sharing information, samples, blood, pictures.

Klaus Stohr

The few wiretap orders ever extended to campuses do not justify the costs to standardize their entire systems. We are working with the FCC and FBI on some type of proposal where we could come up short of actual compliance but initiate programs that make surveillance easier.

Wendy Wigens

The FBI and the law enforcement and national security communities in general are offering a trade: less privacy due to increased use of technology in surveillance in return for greater safety for the public.

Daniel Ryan

This participatory act aims to engage them in the issues of social networks and distributed interaction, but also on the possible drawbacks of limited privacy and geographical surveillance.

Carlo Ratti

So far, our surveillance teams have not found anyone with flu-like symptoms.

Tp Doke

While the costs of dealing with this have so far been limited to around 0.1 percent of GDP, from culling birds and implementation of better animal health surveillance systems, the potential impact of a serious pandemic is of grave concern.

Milan Brahmbhatt

We need additional technology to supplement manned aircraft surveillance and current ground assets to ensure more effective monitoring of United States territory.

Michael Kostelnik

We are supporting initiatives to strengthen active surveillance to make sure that new outbreaks are identified promptly across the country.

Assadullah Azhari

I think 9/11 has brought to our attention that things that are broken have to be fixed immediately, and there has to be ongoing surveillance of these systems. We just can't have breaks in the system anywhere, because somebody will find them.

Gina Pugliese

We've been doing surveillance of the refineries. So far what we see is minimal damage and we hope that holds, but we'll continue monitoring that to make sure that we can get those refineries back on line as quickly as possible.

David Paulison

The Republic Bank is a distinguished and state-of-the-art organization that realizes the benefits of digital video surveillance in today's workplace. I am pleased that we have been able to extend our international banking presence with an industry leader such as Republic Bank Limited.

Peter Strom

There was one scene early on where George is home alone, eating dinner and watching Bree on the surveillance video from the drug store, ... I think that's when America went, 'Uh-oh.' .

Roger Bart

All the NSA people I've talked to think domestic surveillance is anathema.

Matthew Aid

The frequency of outbreaks is a reflection of the lack of a surveillance system.

Dr. Noureddin Mona

This has taken principally the form of coordinated patrol. Until recently, most of the so-called coordinated patrol has been of naval vessels but now the idea is to elevate that further, actually to coordinated patrols in terms if air surveillance, so called.

Marty Natalegawa

We have very good surveillance here so it can be contained, even if we are repeatedly 'invaded' by the virus.

Alex Thiermann

We are putting money into surveillance and communication precisely where we think a country can't deal with it.

Kent Hill

Tech Data's IT expertise will enable our company to be a strong player in the IP surveillance market. Tech Data's move into security is in line with the ongoing convergence of the IT and security markets and will complement Axis' strength in traditional IT channels.

Fredrik Nilsson

A joint assessment has come up with a $30 million requirement to fill the needs to improve surveillance, veterinary services and put in place a basic human health component to deal with the outbreak.

Juergen Voegele

Sen. Talent doesn't play politics with national security issues. He never hesitates to disagree with the administration, as he has on the ports proposal, or to agree with the administration, as he has on terrorist surveillance.

Rich Chrismer

Why is the FBI conducting surveillance of a bookstore, monitoring the persons who gather there, and keeping files with lists of license plate numbers?

Mark Silverstein

The surveillance cameras caught him (Bates) at various locations in the building.

Rick Kaufman

Our view is that if surveillance has happened, it is undemocratic. This is a violation of human rights.

Kamila Hyat

We will be testing samples collected for surveillance on the African continent.

Celia Abolnik

We had this under surveillance for a long time.

Lt. Darrell Sanders

We'll work with air carriers to ensure they maintain good surveillance of the mechanics who work for them.

Laura Brown

It has to do with the recent reported suspicious surveillance attempts.

Kathryn Taylor

It was very well lit. We have a lot of witnesses and there's the surveillance camera.

Crystal Candy

The City of Chicago has invested in enhanced cameras and surveillance equipment around the city, particularly at the airports and train stations.

Asa Hutchinson

I sometimes have signs I put on the side of the car. I've got disaster zone signs, pizza signs. If they (surveillance subjects) can identify you, they're not afraid of you anymore.

Jack Hager

As he's getting a second project that he can use for border patrol or port surveillance, in our ports or any other number of shorter missions.

John Craig

The health system is usually weak ... We should really strengthen our health systems and surveillance systems to be able to detect and confirm any new case occurring in humans.

Honore Meda

[The Department of Defense, taking lessons from Katrina, intends to send surveillance aircraft soon after Rita strikes land to] determine the magnitude of the relief required and, secondly, where it would be required, ... We want to ensure as a matter of policy we have better eyes on target.

Paul Mchale

The documents say they were conducting some kind of investigation. That implies we were under surveillance simply because we were against the war. Our freedoms are being undermined.

Jim Kleissler

Our money should be going toward educating young people, not putting them under these surveillance programs.

Jennifer Kern

The technical term we use is heightened surveillance.

Graham Pollett

We have provided excellent photographic evidence to the police from our surveillance equipment.

Mike Rasnak

If you think you have to be doing something wrong to be the target of police surveillance, you are naive. All we are doing is organizing an event for the entire community.

Rico Thunder

If the FDA wants this product back on the market, they're much more likely to request post-marketing surveillance. Further clinical trials are unlikely to be required, though they're still a possibility.

Richard Parkes

British book publishers plan to put a microchip into every book to record who owns it - an unprecedented surveillance measure.

Richard Stallman

This finding underscores the importance of our statewide surveillance and mosquito control activities and the key role physicians play in recognizing and reporting symptoms of the virus to health officials.

Christine Grant

By doing surveillance we know what is circulating, we know what is out there, and which are most serious contenders.

Malik Peiris

The job is booked and he'll be under surveillance Valentine's Day.

Paul Dank

We've answered that request by saying it would take us more than a week to put our surveillance equipment in place, asked them to refrain from removing any of the seals that would enable us to make sure the equipment hasn't been touched.

Melissa Fleming

This new technology should help provide better global influenza surveillance by making it easier for more laboratories to swiftly identify severe flu strains, which in turn may aid health officials to stem potential flu epidemics and even pandemics.

Kathy Rowlen

We are monitoring what the Defense Department may do in terms of providing surveillance information to domestic law enforcement.

Laura Murphy

In wake of that (documents outlining surveillance of the Seattle-area groups), we wondered if there was current surveillance of other peace groups.

Doug Honig

The key to our survival in the next two or three years is good surveillance.

Alan Shaw

It looks to me like we're spending an awful lot of money per vaccinated American and an awful low amount on your essential surveillance.

Laurie Garrett

It's showing an increasing desire to create a system and to create a world that not only allows surveillance, but that is built for surveillance.

Sherwin Siy

Surveillance video is the largest mass of unstructured data out there, but if you bring structure to it, you can build new capabilities. There are three incidents a decade where you can afford to do that (get a large number of agents to watch).

Tim Ross

The countries urgently need international assistance to build up basic surveillance and control systems.

Joseph Domenech

Will every governmental agency have access? We feel creating a national ID system opens the door to government surveillance of your activities. The database may also be fraught with errors.

Brandon Hensler

Things have changed drastically since they had a big drug bust last year, and surveillance cameras came.

Selena Blake

Our surveillance team set up and watched this particular group install a card reader and a camera on the ATM machine.

Bryan Adams

How do you get there from here? They haven't persuaded me that this is valid, ... You have to have a disruption of civil authority before the military can perform activities such as surveillance.

Eugene Fidell

We've been working on and implementing training and policy guidance to make sure we're prepared globally. We have to ensure we have the surveillance in place, installation preparedness, global understanding and a stockpile of necessary components to mount an effective medical response. It's an enormous task.

Ellen Embrey

They told me there was no other surveillance. But the fact is that the case against a lot of these guys just came out of nowhere because they were really nobodies, and it makes you wonder whether they were being tapped.

Edward Macmahon