More than 1,700 people walking on a University
of Colorado campus were unknowingly
photographed as part of a facial recognition
research project funded by U.S. intelligence and
military agencies, a newspaper reported.
Professor Terrance Boult set up a long-range
surveillance camera in an office window at the
Colorado Springs campus.
It captured more than 16,000 images of passers-
by during the spring semesters of 2012 and
2013, The Denver Post reported Monday.
The research project, which was first reported
by the Colorado Springs Independent,
received funding from U.S. intelligence and
military agencies, including the Office of Naval
Research and the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence.