Video Surveillance in the Nation's Capital
The National Park Service will begin round-the-clock video surveillance at all major monuments on the Mall by October, moving aggressively in the wake of last year's terrorist attacks to tighten security around national symbols visited by millions of tourists each year. Closed-circuit television cameras will be installed for the first time to monitor public areas in and around the Washington Monument and the Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vietnam Veterans and Korean War memorials, according to John G. Parsons, associate regional director for the Park Service's National Capital Region. The decision, disclosed in testimony Parsons submitted for delivery to a congressional panel on Friday drew sharp questioning from members of Congress. EPIC has launched a new Web site � "Observing Surveillance" � to document the growing presence of spy cameras in the Nation's Capital.Video Surveillance Planned on Mall Washington Post, Mar. 22, 2002
For Security, Tourists to Be on Other Side of Cameras New York Times, Mar. 23, 2002
