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August 2010: The Digital Surveillance State

The Digital Surveillance State

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Lead Essay

  • The Digital Surveillance State: Vast, Secret, and Dangerous by Glenn Greenwald

Response Essays

  • Surveillance of Our Enemies During Wartime? I’m Shocked! by John Eastman
  • The Sky Isn't Falling by Paul Rosenzweig
  • Architecture Matters by Julian Sanchez

The Conversation

  • The Mythical Griffin by Julian Sanchez
  • The Precautionary Principle by Paul Rosenzweig
  • Antique Privacy by Paul Rosenzweig
  • The Surveillance State Thrives on Fear by Glenn Greenwald

Related @ Cato

  • "The Great Privacy Debate" by Jim Harper
  • "Obama's Surveillance Power Grab" by Julian Sanchez
  • "Effective Counterterrorism and the Limited Role of Predictive Data Mining" by Jim Harper and Jeff Jonas
  • Privacy Issues page at the Cato Institute

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