online.wsj.com - 5/18/2009
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JACOB SULLUM In October, British newspapers reported that Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government was working on a plan to monitor every phone call, Web-site visit, text message and email in the country, entering the information into a vast database that would be used to catch terrorists, ...
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Reason Writers Around Town: Jacob Sullum on Britain's Surveillance State
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... The Road to Big Brother: One Man's Struggle Against the Surveillance Society, by British journalist Ross Clark, in The Wall Street Journal: An excessively nosy government poses many dangers, as Mr. Clark emphasizes, including exposure to fraud and blackmail, unjustified interference with freedom of travel, and mistaken incrimination. But it is reassuring to realize that the government is not competent enough to be omniscient. Read the whole review here.
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STATE OF SURVEILLANCE: Ross Clark’s The Road to Big Brother gets a very positive review in the Wall…
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STATE OF SURVEILLANCE: Ross Clark’s The Road to Big Brother gets a very positive review in the Wall Street Journal. I wrote the introduction, and I think it’s an important book.
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Maggie's Farm —
Via Mr. Free Market, Why kids yell:
How they sell Buicks in China
The UK wants to monitor your energy use. As we always say, 1984 was not a government handbook. Related: Brit schools to ban regular neckties. Too dangerous.
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STATE OF SURVEILLANCE: Ross Clark’s The Road to Big Brother gets a very positive review in the Wall Street Journal. I wrote the introduction, and I think it’s an important ...
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