As you probably heard, over the weekend New York police had to deal with an amateurish car bombing attempt when someone parked a Nissan Pathfinder full of explosives on West 45th Street just off Broadway. Like me, you probably find this kind of thing unbelievable…especially the part about someone finding a parking space on West 45th Street just off Broadway.
Fred Kaplan has some thoughts, including a brief discussion of the issue of your civil liberties when you're caught on a surveillance camera in a public place. Is anyone making the argument that you're entitled to privacy when you're on the street in Times Square?