[kefs]

2001 Superbowl (pre 9/11) crowd scanned for "possible terrorists" and "identified 19 people thought to be wanted on outstanding warrants for misdemeanors."

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/04/us/tampa-scans-the-faces-i...

[daveevad]

I'm really impressed you had this reference in mind. Did that event personally impact you or did you read it contemporaneously?

"None were arrested because the crowd was so large and because the number of matches exceeded the police's expectations.

'We thought we were ready to use it, but getting through the crowd and the architecture of the stadium proved overwhelming,' Detective Todd said."