Tracking the NYPDs Full Spectrum Ring of SteelNicholas West New York has become the testing ground for the implementation of military-level counterterrorism operations on American soil. According to a 60 Minutes interview with Commissioner Ray Kelly, he commands a force larger than the FBI, consisting of 35,000 uniformed officers and 15,000 civilian employees. In the virtual world, the NYPD has created asocial media unit to track pre-crime criminal language on Twitter and Facebook, as well as openly announcing a coordinated effort between Microsoft and NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg to bring actual pre-crime software and technologies into the everyday lives of New Yorkers through their Domain Awareness System. A newly released, eloquently delivered video below by Cryptome puts these developments in their full context. Deborah Natsios and John Young ofCryptome offer a digital multimedia presentation of original cartography, animations, video, and architectural documentation that explores the urban implications of the NYPD One Police Plaza Security Plan a.k.a. Ring of Steel. 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. (source for previous two paragraphs: YouTube video description). As summarized by Deborah Natsios: The public domain has now become a Threatscape a full spectrum response system to all potential security risks the new utopia of an anonymity free city where each sovereign subject is identified and every outlaw is tracked in perpetuity. Please visit the essential public database at Cryptome to see the latest in government documents, cables and more. 