You know, I get it. I understand what the good parts of this sort of thing are. Catching bad guys, maybe even heading them off at the pass is a good thing.
But at what price? Is the Bill of Rights obsolete? How did this watchful eye of Big Brother become a pet cause of Conservatives--the very people who are supposed to be against an all-intrusive government? It's a topsy-turvy world.
[Excerpt]
US doles out millions for street cameras
Local efforts raise privacy alarms
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff
August 12, 2007
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security is funneling millions of dollars to local governments nationwide for purchasing high-tech video camera networks, accelerating the rise of a "surveillance society" in which the sense of freedom that stems from being anonymous in public will be lost, privacy rights advocates warn. . .
Read more at: Boston.com
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