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DEA Asks For License Plate Scanners of All Cars on Utah Highway

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Sat May 19, 2012 at 08:34:00 AM EST
Tags: license plate scanners (all tags)
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The next wave of Big Brother, courtesy of the DEA:

The DEA and two sheriffs are asking permission to install stationary license plate scanners on the freeway in Beaver and Washington counties. The primary purpose would be to catch or build cases against drug traffickers....

....Gary Newcomb, a supervisory IT specialist from the DEA, flew in from Virginia to testify Wednesday. He said the scanners are already in place on drug trafficking corridors in California and Texas, and the DEA is considering placing them on interstates near the Arizona cities of Kingman and Flagstaff.

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