They could broadcast it on CNN, and that's not a recording. This is not the first time, even in the McVeigh case, that courts have used this method of videoconferencing. Polysonics Corp. of Washington broadcast McVeigh's trial in Denver to Oklahoma City, and had to overcome the same security obstacles. George Spano, Polysonics' president, said he could not talk about the trial without getting clearance from a judge, but said his company will not be transmitting the execution. Bruce Schneier, a noted cryptography expert and author of several books on code-making techniques, was interviewed by McVeigh's attorneys in connection with the broadcast of the Denver trial.
Cameras are teeny now.
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