NYC transit authority to ban photography?

This, if true, is really rather disturbing:

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Dave Bushnell has sent me a disturbing email this morning, to let everyone know that the New York City Transit Authority Board may today impose a ban on all photography on its system (bus and subway). This has been threatened before early in 2004, but now it looks as though the ban will go ahead after all.

Read the linked article and comments for more information.