Jim Choate wrote: [...snip...]
For example, you could arrange to meet a bum at one time and place. Have the bum execute your plan (ie go into store and then head down street) and then meet you at another time and place. Have the two meeting in a residential neighborhood where you've scoured the neighborhood for obvious external cameras.
Classic bad move. Time to read up on your tradecraft Jim! You need to meet in a public place, preferably crowded, where both of you might be reasonably expected to be found. Railway stations are the classic case - noisy, busy, everyone goes there, and you have an excuse to either rush through in a hurry or wait for hours. Noise drowns out voice far better than distance conceals it. Airport departure lounges are probably too quiet. *Very* busy large shops might work. Supermarket aisle at 18:00 the last working day before Christmas. Big sports events might be good. Yeah, yeah, they have cameras - but you aren't pretending not to *be* there - all you want is to be able to pass a note or a few private words - the bloody cameras can't lipread through the back of your head - if they pull you up you just say you were talking about the game - after all, mostly, you were. Loud music events would be great. As long as both of you look like the sort of person who belongs there. Smelly bum + 40-something fat guy in a business suit probably would look out of place in a hardcore dance club, but might get away with it in some other venue. In England, pubs are surprisingly useful for this sort of thing. Residential areas where you don't live yourself are likely to draw attention to you. As for "scouring the neighbourhood", it's hard to think of a worse way. In the city thousands of people pass each other surreptitious packages every day. How many get caught by cameras? Ken