All I can say is, I hope people are ready for our new future as sexual exhibitionists because it appears that even when we think we're in private, you might still be putting on a performance for dirty-minded cops. From the NYT.

A man and woman who shared an intimate moment on a secluded, dark rooftop one August night last year have learned that they were secretly watched, an intrusion made possible by increased police surveillance of protest rallies and other events and also by advanced technology intended to fight terrorists.

That night, police officers tracked bicycle riders moving through the streets of the Lower East Side from a custom-built, $9.8 million helicopter equipped with optical equipment able to display a license plate 1,000 feet away.

With the night vision of the helicopter's camera, and permission to make videotapes, an officer also recorded nearly four minutes of the couple on the terrace of a Second Avenue penthouse.

"When you watch the tape, it makes you feel kind of ill," said Jeffrey Rosner, 51, one of the two people. "I had no idea they were filming me - who would ever have an idea like that?"
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"I'm very happy about cameras in public spaces," Mr. Rosner said. "If you're in a public space doing something inappropriate, I'm all for that. But if I'm in my house and you're using multimillion-dollar equipment to film me, not at all."


Can't say I blame the guy. But are we missing the forest for the trees? After all, we're upset they filmed some guy having sex in the privacy of his little rooftop terrace, but only because the cops got distracted from their surveillance of frickin bicyclists. I don't know, does it seem like we've lost a little perspective? Flying around in a 10 million dollar surveillance helicopter used for anti-terrorism to track the position of bicyclists who might ride around Manhattan together without a permit? HAVE WE LOST OUR MINDS?

It's not like we had no warning stuff like this would happen. This is what happens when you give cops toys ostensibly to track terrorists. When there ain't any terrorism happening they use them on protest groups, bicyclists, and music execs getting some rooftop nookie. Pathetic.