Big Brother marches on: ACLU report on the US situation

‘SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The United States is evolving into a Big Brother society as technology advances and post-Sept 11 surveillance increases, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a new report.

“The reasonable expectation of privacy has been dramatically diminished,” Barry Steinhardt, an ACLU director, said in an interview following Wednesday’s release of the report Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society.‘

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