Secret Cameras Scanned Crowd at Super Bowl for Criminals Secret Cameras Scanned Crowd at Super Bowl for Criminals
Surveillance: Faces were cross-checked by new technology in bid to catch terrorists, other suspects. Privacy concerns are raised.

By LOUIS SAHAGUN and JOSH MEYER, Times Staff Writers

Unknown to the 100,000 people who passed through the turnstiles at Sunday's Super Bowl, hidden cameras scanned each of their faces and compared the portraits with photos of terrorists and known criminals of every stripe.

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