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We Built a Surveillance State. What Now?

We Built a Surveillance State. What Now?

Analysis

For decades, Republicans and Democrats have greenlit a massive surveillance apparatus. What happens when this powerful tool is in the hands of the wrong person?

Aug 20, 2024 | Don Bell

Collage of menacing eye, blurred face, security cameras, an airplane, a phone, a computer, the capitol building, an obscured agent, a family walking, and a patient in a doctor's office.