[waspleg]

I'd wager a large portion of the readers of this site are too young to know what it as like to not have your entire life under 24/7 surveillance.

I hope the back lash is enormous. Security = Privacy = Democracy; you can't have one without the others.

Chilling effects brought on by "you should be careful what you say (and to whom)" is the death of freedom of speech, and with it "free" society.