Is it really news when someone points cameras at a possibly secret government facility and is then told by government security that they're not allowed to do that?<p>Next article, please.
There are several such events every day, where someone is hassled, arrested, or assaulted for photography. They're carried on the blog "Photography is not a crime"
<a href="http://photographyisnotacrime.com/" rel="nofollow">http://photographyisnotacrime.com/</a>
Contrary to the blog's URL, photography IS a crime ... if it's of certain military installations. <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/795" rel="nofollow">http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/795</a><p>It probably shouldn't be applied in this case( there seems to be little sensitive information in a photograph of a building, though maybe they didn't want personel identified) , but it can be.
huh. the centre for advanced study of language (casl) at the university of maryland really isn't on google maps, afaict. <a href="http://maps.google.cl/maps?q=centre+for+advanced+study+of+language,+university+of+maryland&hl=en&sll=39.774944,-75.73025&sspn=5.225779,5.196533&hq=centre+for+advanced+study+of+language,+university+of&hnear=Maryland,+United+States&t=m&z=10" rel="nofollow">http://maps.google.cl/maps?q=centre+for+advanced+study+of+la...</a><p>ah, but the wikipedia article links to <a href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Center_for_Advanced_Study_of_Language&params=38.97398_N_76.92558_W_" rel="nofollow">http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Center...</a> so i guess it's here <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.97398,-76.92558&q=loc:38.97398,-76.92558&hl=en&t=m&z=11" rel="nofollow">https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.97398,-76.92558&q=loc:38....</a> (is that the sign shown in the article main photo?)