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struggle4progress

(118,316 posts) Mon Oct 12, 2015, 05:43 PM Oct 2015

London Police Stop Watching Ecuadorean Embassy For Sign Of Assange

Originally published on October 12, 2015 5:24 pm

After three years and more than $15 million in police expense, Scotland Yard says it's removing the guards that have waited outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for a chance to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Instead of stalking Assange with an overt 24-hour presence, London's Metropolitan Police announced Monday, the agency "will deploy a number of overt and covert tactics to arrest him" ...

"The operation to arrest Julian Assange does however continue and should he leave the Embassy the MPS will make every effort to arrest him," the agency says. "However it is no longer proportionate to commit officers to a permanent presence" ...

http://m.wunc.org/post/london-police-stop-watching-ecuadorean-embassy-sign-assange

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London Police Stop Watching Ecuadorean Embassy For Sign Of Assange (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2015 OP

Or so they say, anyway. Xithras Oct 2015 #1

He could just disguise himself and walk out darkangel218 Oct 2015 #2

Xithras

(16,191 posts)

1. Or so they say, anyway.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 05:48 PM

Oct 2015

With modern technology, parking a physical person in front of the building is no longer needed. Just point a camera at the door and feed the output through a facial recognition algorithm. If Assange walks out, the system just needs to send out an alert. The UK has cameras EVERYWHERE, and I'm sure there's more than one pointed at that building right now.

darkangel218

(13,985 posts)

2. He could just disguise himself and walk out

Reply to Xithras (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 05:53 PM

Oct 2015

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