Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society

Document Date: January 15, 2003
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Americans need to step back from the daily drum of privacy stories and absorb the big picture: the United States is at risk of turning into a full-fledged surveillance society. The fact is, Orwell’s vision of “Big Brother” is now, for the first time, technologically possible.

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