Ya know I spent several months in Communist CHINA and felt I had more Freedom than I do now.....of course I could never explain Geocaching to anyone other than my Translator, and that took a while, but they agreed this game is sort of fun and since the taxpayer paid the DoD for the Satellites why not get some fun along with the benefits of the GPS. This game has it good points and it bad points but on a whole they say this is a small world but it ain't when comes to traveling for a cache..
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From: Brian Casteel
To:
az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:14 AM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Geocaching and National Security
Ok. What exactly do these two 'interests' have in common? NOTHING. My point is this...my fear now is that this has come from such a level in government that geocaches are being removed in the name of National Security because caches could be used by terrorists to swap materials and what-not for different events.
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The Patriot Act is a prime example of someone who is a bit too power hungry looking for more ways to control the citizens and give blanket approval for violating civil rights. Who is to say this isn't some right-wing offshoot of that and that some overly paranoid paper pusher isn't looking for a new way to control, and something different to oppress?
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I know, this could be a stretch, but at the same time it's so odd that it might actually be true!
On a side note, can anyone confirm whether or not this type of 'policing' is taking place anywhere else in the country?
Brian
Team A.I.
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