The wakarusa travesty was a marketing ploy

A new article in a trade journal, Government Security News, describes the roughly $250,000 worth of hidden-camera, night-vision and thermal-imaging equipment used by police throughout the festival grounds. The equipment was courtesy of a California company that agreed to give a free demonstration of its wares for marketing purposes. Ns microwave and the state of Kansas used Wakarusa as a commercial for privacy invasion paraphanalia. According to this article, NS Microwave's parent company, Allied Defense Group recieved a 3.8 million dollar contract in August. here's that article:The Allied Defense Group Receives $3.8 Million Surveillance Contract for U.S. Army Here's an article about NS Microwaves involvement in Wakarusa. Surveillance at concert makes drug dealers sing