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Baltimore City�s Version of Candid Camera

Plans for the 24-hour camera surveillance of a large stretch of Baltimore City covering the area from the city's Inner Harbor to the Bay Bridge is in the works. The State of Maryland�s homeland security authorities have begun work on this video camera network scheduled to go live this summer. When privacy concerns are raised about this new system state officials reply �we�re at war.� The project is funded by a $24 million grant from the Homeland Security Department.

24-hour camera surveillance in city is part of bigger plan
, Baltimore Sun, June 10, 2004