WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) Powerful computer software linked to security cameras are the latest technological weapon being deployed to defend the homeland.

9 News Now has learned that key transportation installations throughout the Washington DC area are employing video analytics, a type of software that is able to detect threats caught on security cameras.

Sweet!!! Now we can let the computer and trained security guards (read low paid monkees) make the decisions about who is dangerous! W00h00, your tax dollars hard at work!

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