Listener response: does New York need a $20 million surveillance system

The World

It took federal investigators only 53 hours to locate and arrest Faisal Shahzad, the man accused of attempting to set off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square area.

In this listener responses segment, our listeners wonder much of that success can be attributed to the city’s $20 million, federally funded surveillance system?

Video Below: Takeaway digital editor, Jim Colgan takes to the New York streets to see if people care that they’re being surveilled.

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