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Google in row over SAS images


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Google has been criticised for including the secret headquarters of the SAS on its controversial Street View service.

The entrance to the base, which has never before appeared on maps for security reasons, can easily be identified on the images, leading to fears it could be used for terrorist planning.

Users can even see the base, in the country's west, is clearly marked as "British SAS" on the website.

It also offers a detailed 180 degree view of the perimeter boundary.

The images, all taken within the past six months, also show a military ambulance and a police car at the gates of the base along with three guards.

The disclosures further fuelled privacy concerns after the service was earlier this month expanded to cover 95 per cent of Britain’s roads or a quarter of million miles.

MPs and military chiefs demanded Google remove the pictures, claiming it made the SAS a target for terrorist attacks.

But Google defended the pictures, saying it had no plans to take them off their site.

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i wonder what they've got to hide :huh:

A lot of countries have a different way of looking at things then we historically have - i.e people have a right to know things, unless it's classified otherwise. Over here it's 'nobody has a right to know anything, unless they need to know'.

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So the counter terrorist unit is afraid of a Terrorist attack?

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Yes from the terrorist counter counter terrorists

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They'll probably stick a sign out front. "You are here. We are not."

We had a similar problem with our SAS. They were caught in a couple of pics after a gun battle in Kabul. They looked almost like American troops except a keen eye spotted one of our VC winners, Willie Apiata in the pictures. Then the government said that they weren't fighting but providing "assistance". Great, isn't it?

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