Cryptome Tracks the NYPD Ring of Steel

Presented at HOPE Number Nine (2012), July 13, 2012, 1 p.m. (60 minutes).

Cryptome’s digital multimedia presentation of original cartography, animations, video, and architectural documentation will explore the urban implications of the NYPD One Police Plaza Security Plan - a.k.a. Ring of Steel - which locked down Lower Manhattan after 9/11, transforming its Civic Center into a threatscape centered on NYPD headquarters. With its militarized jurisdiction mobilizing through technologies of command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, the Ring of Steel has declared itself an iconic public space for our time.

Presenters:

• John Young
  John Young is an independent scholar, architect, and co-founder (along with Deborah Natsios) of Cryptome (1996), a repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance.
• Deborah Natsios
  Deborah Natsios is an independent scholar, architect, and co-founder (along with John Young) of Cryptome (1996), a repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance.

Links:

• http://www.hopenumbernine.net/schedule/#cryptome (Conference Schedule)
• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/HOPE Number Nine (2012)/HOPE Number Nine (2012) - Cryptome Tracks the NYPD Ring of Steel.srt (subtitles)
• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/HOPE Number Nine (2012)/HOPE Number Nine (2012) - Cryptome Tracks the NYPD Ring of Steel.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnCGsIeCMHc

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