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| June 22, 2004 | Powers, Thomas F. | COPYRIGHT 2004 The National Affairs, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

PRIVACY has become an increasingly urgent issue for many Americans after September 11. The USA PATRIOT Act expanded the domestic surveillance powers of policing agencies and considerably enhanced their authority to track and monitor individuals. It is hardly surprising that in the new age of terror the government would be more aggressive in its efforts to acquire useful information, and nowadays the government has the technological know-how and apparently the public's approval to do so. But many sound the alarm, insisting that civil liberties are threatened by Big Brother. Within reason, such concerns have their place. Yet taken too far, they can obscure deeper social ...

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