Post-NYC Terror Bomb Try -- Take an Interactive Tour NOW of Times Square Security

Yesterday, the New York Times City Critic Ariel Kaminer wrote about security cameras in the Times Square area, piggybacking on the terror bomb attempt May 1 encouraged by the Taliban in Pakistan. Kaminer wrote in part: There’s one, over by the Walgreens entrance, and there’s another, just below the King Tut banner — video cameras, installed by private companies to survey the public spectacle of Times Square. I would not have seen the countless electronic eyes had Christopher Falkenberg, the president of a firm called Insite Security, not pointed them out. But I felt pretty sure those cameras had a clear view of me.

Start looking for them and they really are everywhere: the New York Police Department cameras, which announce themselves with bright insignia; a cluster of three orbs, hanging like fruit outside Blue Fin on West 47th Street and Broadway; a pair of glass spheres stacked outside the Starbucks across the street. Staring into one, I was startled to see something staring back: a lens swiveling toward me for a better view. In the aftermath of the failed car bombing, Christopher Falkenberg, a security expert, leads a tour of Times Square and talks about security in the city. Falkenberg, a former Secret Service agent, is president of Insite Security, which provides security services and training for families, individuals and corporations

Security Magazine Bloggers can take the tour at: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/09/nyregion/20100509-critic-audio.html?ref=nyregion