05/10/10
After that attempted attack in
Times Square,
we wondered about
the surveillance;
the cameras that offer another
line of defense against terrorists.
These days, if it happens
in public, it's probably on tape.
By one estimate, there were
30 million surveillance cameras
currently installed in the US,
recording billions of hours of
footage every week.
Inside the Square, there are
electronic eyes on me everywhere,
outside of stores, carried by
tourists, monitoring traffic.
In an area like Times Square,
where there is no expectation
of privacy,
which is a key target
for extremist groups,
people, I think, have to have
agreed to some trade-off.
Polls show a majority of Americans
favor increased video surveillance.
監視カメラは役立つのか？
公共の場での出来事は
録画されている。
現在 全米で3,000万台の
監視カメラが 設置され―
毎週 膨大な量が録画されている。
ここタイムズスクエアには―
あらゆる所にカメラがあり
私を見ている。
繁華街はもともと人目が多く―
テロの標的にもなります。
人々には代償を払う覚悟が
あると思います。
米国人の過半数は
監視カメラに賛成だ。
