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Parenti, Christian. The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America: from Slave Passes to the Patriot Act.(Book Review)(Brief Review)(Brief Article)
Sept. 2003. 320p. illus. index. Basic, $26 (0-465-05484-6). 303.3.
Concerns about the tension between national security and privacy rights are as old as the nation itself. Parenti explores the historical and sociological roots of government surveillance, what he calls the soft cage, in the name of national interests, from slave owners' attempts to control slaves to modern police efforts to control crime. Social security cards, drivers' licenses, and credit cards all provide digital tracers for surveillance, Parenti exposes the threat to ...
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