In post-Sept. 11 America, security sells, even better than before. There's evidence of that at the Washington Convention Center this week, where GOVSEC 2006, the Government Security Expo and Conference, is taking place.
Vendors are selling bigger mobile emergency centers, improved mobile surveillance towers, bomb-investigating robots, Segway scooters for police, gun-mounted laser sights, sharper knives and glitzier badges.
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