I agree with you in regard to this (or similar) event. I think the larger question is does this stuff really ever get turned off after the game? As the articl

I agree with you in regard to this (or similar) event. I think the larger question is does this stuff really ever get turned off after the game? As the article notes, many of the surveillance techniques and such were in place well before the Super Bowl event: license plate readers, cameras, etc. The real issue isn't what happens during a high profile event, but how much of this is really just the normal course of governing... and why it needs to be that way. I think it reveals a more fundamental problem in our society: a tolerance for unnecessary intrusion by those with the power to disrupt our lives.