French watchdog details uncertainty over Louvre security cameras

PARIS and LONDON -- Nobody was monitoring the live feed. As masked men hacked a hole in a window at the Louvre Museum in Paris in October, a security camera inside the gallery was picking up the spot where they were working, Noel Corbin, the head of France’s inspectorate general of culture told the country's Senate at a hearing on Wednesday. As men clambered into the world-famous museum, nobody was actively monitoring that specific feed, legislators were told. And, even as the robbers collected their loot -- allegedly stealing French crown jewels worth some $102 million -- the security staff at a bank of screens weren't yet focused on the camera catching the robbery, Corbin said. The camera's zoom wasn't "activated" until 9:38 a.m., about four minutes after the robbery began, the Senate wa