Hey John - this was much worse than your encounter after taking photos at the Baltimore Airport!

This wasn't lighthouse photography, but it was building photography and involved someone who always carries a camera and likes to take photos of interesting buildings.

PHOTOGRAPHER ARRESTED FOR TAKING PICTURES OF VICE PRESIDENT'S HOTEL - Charged as a terrorist under the USA-PATRIOT act.

An amateur photographer named Mike Maginnis was arrested on Tuesday in his home city of Denver - for simply taking pictures of buildings in an area where Vice President Cheney was residing. Maginnis told his story on Wednesday's edition of Off The Hook.

Maginnis's morning commute took him past the Adams Mark Hotel on Court Place. Maginnis, who says he always carried his camera wherever he went, snapped about 30 pictures of the hotel and the surrounding area - which included Denver police, Army rangers, and rooftop snipers. Maginnis, who works in information technology, frequently photographs such subjects as corporate buildings and communications equipment.

Read Maginnis's account of what transpired:
http://www.2600.com/news/display/display.shtml?id=1441