-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Declan McCullagh Sent: Sat 1/20/2001 6:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: FC: More pre-inauguration security photos; protesters organize via web On Thursday, I walked from the Capitol building to the White House via Pennsylvania Avenue and took some shots of the inaugural parade preparations: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/2001-bush-inauguration-setup-pa-ave.html Note the high security and planned police checkpoints: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-5/pennsylvania-ave-setup-park.html http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-5/pennsylvania-ave-setup-fbi.html Bleachers cleverly blocking Freedom Plaza, where protesters will be, from parade route: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-5/pennsylvania-ave-setup-fbi.html When I was standing on a sidewalk in front of the federal courthouse on Pennsylvania Ave (of Monicagate and Microsoft trial fame), a deputy U.S. Marshal told me I could not take a photo of the courthouse. It was a wide-angle shot of the front, and no people or security preparations appared to be visible. Here's him walking back to his van, which appears to have -- from another photo -- U.S. Government plate 60163: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-5/pennsylvania-ave-setup-fbi.html I covered the Microsoft trial in that courthouse, took photos of the exterior, and never had any problems from the marshals. Here's a photo I took from that same sidewalk last year when the atmosphere was much less tense: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/9/mike-pettit.html Photos from earlier in the week: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01636.html -Declan ********* http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41317,00.html DC: It's Now a GOP-Com World By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. Jan. 20, 2001 PST WASHINGTON -- As Republican loyalists converge on the nation's capital this weekend for black-tie celebrations, anti-GOP activists are planning protests. The most complete website is inaugurauction.org, which includes press releases with protest details. The folks at the Independent Media Center, veterans of both Republican and Democratic conventions last year, are planning their usual exhaustive, if not exactly unbiased, coverage. There's even a protest-ball on Saturday evening ($10) -- a gown or tuxedo is definitely optional. But protesters lost a lawsuit challenging the police checkpoints that, for the first time, will block access to Pennsylvania Avenue. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
