(Photo: Joe Woolhead/Silverstein Properties)
The new World Trade Center being built in lower Manhattan is being heavily guarded with some impressive technology, according to sources, to help avoid a repeat of 9/11 or an attack of any kind for that matter.
The New York Post reports that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in addition to traditional cameras and other surveillance equipment, will be employing facial recognition cameras, sensors to detect heat, radiation and explosives, and computers capable of monitoring behavior patterns. All this technology, which it reports an official as saying “has never been done before,” will be connected to a system monitoring for unusual behavior as part of NYPD’s Lower Manhattan Security Initiative.
The rebuild of the World Trade Center is set to be completed in 2013 with much of the security technology being set up by Behavioral Recognition Systems, which the Post notes is a Department of Defense contractor. The Post spoke with John Frazzini, president of the Houston-based firm, who described the technology as well ahead of what is traditionally used but declined to elaborate further.
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sjohn70037
Feb. 15, 2012 at 12:34pmHow about a federal intelligence community that works together?
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LogicalMetaphysician
Feb. 15, 2012 at 3:22pmThey just all agreed not to use the words “Muslim” and “Islam” when describing terrorists.
That’s the extent of their cooperation.
Well, that, and keeping anyone who pays with cash under surveillance.
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DeavonReye
Feb. 15, 2012 at 12:33pmo_O. . . . . . . . . . . . How would facial recognition have helped defend against 9/11/2001?
Yeah, . . .if this is the new security of NYC, I am fine in never stepping foot there.
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kim
Feb. 15, 2012 at 11:09ami think they should not have built on the site. that was were thousons lost their lifes it should have stayed the same
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ohiowordguy
Feb. 15, 2012 at 12:46pmNonsense. Using the same logic, we should have abandoned our base at Pearl Harbor.
The tower should be rebuilt taller, stronger and more impressive than the previous one(s). Leaving the tower unbuilt would be tantamount to admitting defeat.
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notreally
Feb. 15, 2012 at 6:48amI’ll bet those “facial recognition cameras” don’t identify Arabs. The ACLU, CAIR and Bloomberg would shut them down immediately.
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One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Feb. 15, 2012 at 9:05amThat’s hilarious and sadly right as rain. Otherwise we’d just have 2 lines everywhere we go…one for Brown Middle eastern people, and everyone else in the other one.
Quite simple yet made impossible and backbreakingly expensive all in the name of Marxist first amendment robbing PC.
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Gumbercules
Feb. 15, 2012 at 5:25amSo all this stops a plane how, you say?
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LogicalMetaphysician
Feb. 15, 2012 at 3:25pmIt’s “shovel-ready”, that’s how.
Now stop being biased against the Citizen Observation Recon Network and Holistic Operational Logistics Environment (CORNHOLE) security approach.
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midwesthippie
Feb. 15, 2012 at 12:40am…thanks…too late. F-OFF
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USPATRIOT101
Feb. 15, 2012 at 8:54amI guess I wonr be visiting there.
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omgfolks
Feb. 15, 2012 at 12:25amAll of that crap would not have stopped those plane from hitting the buildings. This equipment is being deployed against the citizens of New York and visitors. $$$$$ bucks and I am betting someone is getting even richer for it.
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Salamander
Feb. 14, 2012 at 8:59pmHmmm, what they didn’t tell you is that they saved a body-part from Osama bin Laden, so he could spend the rest of eternity guarding the New WTC with his a$$ on the line-so to speak! Kind of a good-luck charm! It will be in a little vessel at the top of the structure to ward off evil spirits!
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jb.kibs
Feb. 14, 2012 at 10:50pmwell… they didn’t go in the bulding to blow it up… how is that going to stop a plane from flying into it?
and planes have flown into buildings in the past… that is why skyscrapers are designed for it… it seems odd to have security to prevent that from ever happening again when the thing was a plane, not people in the building… or was it?
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Salamander
Feb. 14, 2012 at 8:56pmSeems to me that carrier group that just passed the Straits of Hormuz is the best way to defend the World Trade Center! Take the fight to the miscreants and don’t let them near our country!
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WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges10
Feb. 14, 2012 at 8:55pm“A Peek at the Technology That Will Guard the World Trade Center”
It’s a brand new development in strategic thought called SECURE THE BORDER … by arresting the TRAITORS and FIFTH-COLUMN AGENTS on the inside:
♪ Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm. Barack Hussein Obama. ♪
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lukerw
Feb. 14, 2012 at 8:00pmThere is nothing that Man can build… than cannot be Destroyed!
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83plus
Feb. 14, 2012 at 7:28pmMakes me think of the intro to Person of Interest
‘You are being watched’
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Stoic one
Feb. 14, 2012 at 7:47pmThat is a disturbing show…!
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eykelhoff
Feb. 14, 2012 at 7:25pmBrilliant! They will now be able to monitor erratic flying behavior patterns of 757′s, detect incoming explosive jet fuel and recognize the faces of the hijackers as they yell Allah u Akbar!
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valettie
Feb. 14, 2012 at 7:45pmLaughing uncontrollably HA, ha
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RepubliCorp
Feb. 14, 2012 at 9:43pmWill they have anti-aircraft guns on the roof?
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babylonvi
Feb. 14, 2012 at 7:00pmNo sane person would voluntarily visit NYC(or Chicago, Detroit, Philla., D.C.., L.A.) anyway, IMHO. They are an example of the total police state the Left would like the nation to be. On a final note, are they planning an anti-aircraft missile battery on the roof, because all the stuff they;re talking about wouldn’t have helped them last time. Oh yes, I forgot, WE are the terrorists that the government is trying to protect itself from now.
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TyrannyNoMore
Feb. 14, 2012 at 8:37pmIf the government fears its citizens, it is a very good thing ! Unfortunately, the current regime holds us in contempt. The only thing that is keeping Obama from being a dictator tomorrow is 100 million civilian gun owners. Thank God for the second amendment !
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ZeroOff4impact
Feb. 14, 2012 at 9:57pmWon’t save them from abandon.
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Dougral Supports Israel
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:40pmI’m going to avoid NYC altogether. In fact that will apply to big cities in general. I can see the facial recognition and behavior monitoring going mainstream in all the big liberal enclaves. Cameras everywhere to watch and track us wherever we go.
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spirited
Feb. 14, 2012 at 9:59pmDrones will be watching the country.
>Most of the US is not comprised of ‘big’ cities.
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Rhiboat
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:33pmCant belive people are still blaming Bush ————-almost 4 yrs later
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Dougral Supports Israel
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:43pmObama will never stop blaming Bush. The motto of his administration is “Its not my fault”. He likes being president except when it comes time to take responsibility, he dumps that on Bush.
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Jefferson
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:47pmI just hope Larry Silverstein (owner of the WTC complex and profiteer from a multi-billion dollar insurance policy) doesn’t decide to “pull it” again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WYdAJQV100
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TyrannyNoMore
Feb. 14, 2012 at 8:26pm@ Jefferson…….You 9/11 conspiracy idiots need to put down the bong for a few minutes and seek the truth, rather than listening to mental midgets like Jessie Ventura. Here is some en enlightening reading for you, for when you’re not too stoned to comprehend what you are reading.
http://www.debunking911.com/pull.htm
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OperationNorthwoods
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:24pmWhy not just name it the Police State Tower. I wonder if Bush’s brother Marvin will be running the security again?
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Rhiboat
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:30pmGee ————- I can tell your not from NYC
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Jefferson
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:50pmNo, but these guys are from NYC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZnXEgj9TtM
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Osogrande
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:04pmProfiling has been proven to work.
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Welcome Black Carter
Feb. 14, 2012 at 6:02pmSoo, all you need to do is wear a burka…
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black9897
Feb. 14, 2012 at 5:43pmHmm…not sure if I like this facial recognition thing. Sounds like a dangerous idea.
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KMM
Feb. 14, 2012 at 5:36pmThe arrogance to think that you can have 100% security is exactly what will lead to a security breach and/or catastrophy. Caution and realistic expectations is what’s needed here!
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Blight14
Feb. 14, 2012 at 5:32pmSever ties with the (not) ‘ally’ in the middle east and you won’t lose anymore buildings…….
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LogicalMetaphysician
Feb. 15, 2012 at 3:33pm^ This ^
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Feb. 14, 2012 at 5:28pmOkay the one thing I always think of when they say it will stop attacks is this:
TITANIC – UNSINKABLE – now on bottom ocean.
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brdatwork2
Feb. 14, 2012 at 5:14pm“…in addition to traditional cameras and other surveillance equipment, will be employing facial recognition cameras, sensors to detect heat, radiation and explosives, and computers capable of monitoring behavior patterns…”
NONE OF THIS WILL STOP A HIJACKED AIRPLANE FROM RUNNING INTO IT!!
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babylonvi
Feb. 14, 2012 at 7:02pmYou are forgetting, WE are the terrorists now, not hijackers, go see the DHS publications.
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cmsmik
Feb. 14, 2012 at 4:54pmPerhaps they can also train the security guards at the new WTC not to send people back into a burning building while they are at it! Have them learn evacuation routes as well.
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