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01 March 1994

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From 2,000 feet in the sky, "it is possible to read the writing on a packet of crisps or see spots on a persons face - that's how good the definition is . So claimed a senior security source in an "exclusive" interview with the Belfast Telegraph. He was referring to the new American made Chancellor camera, a by- product of the US space programme, which is now fitted to military helicopters engaged in surveillance work in the North of Ireland. The search for a new camera began after "heli-tele" film was used as evidence in the numerous trials which followed the killing of two British Army corporals at a West Belfast funeral in 1988. Notwithstanding computer enhancement, the quality of that film was poor, raising significant doubts as to its use as identification evidence.

Belfast Telegraph 9.2.94.

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