In America's Panopticon

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It's too bad this doesn't cover the more recent amounts of surveillance, starting from, say, the Patriot Act forwards. The article mentions that but I'm curious if any HN users would know of any works that do attempt to cover what those changes are?

I personally have no memory of living in a pre-Patriot Act world and so privacy seems like this mythical hometown main street concept that I'd like to see if I can experience even if only intellectually.

The FBI's Vault is surprisingly informative.

https://vault.fbi.gov

https://vault.fbi.gov/civil-rights

https://vault.fbi.gov/anti-war-movement

https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro

https://vault.fbi.gov/Helen%20Keller

https://vault.fbi.gov/Howard%20Zinn%20

Meta-question: why the trailing %20 on the Zinn URL?

As in the majority of cases, it's likely a mistake that has held over or gone unnoticed from the time when content was created.

This is a review of Sarah E. Igo's recent book, The Known Citizen.

Book detail:

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674737501