John Louis
Big Brother's Private Detectives
Should we sacrifice our 4th amendment protections for the promise of safety? In the aftermath of Eric Snowden's leaks, President Obama made a Nixonesque defense of law and order. The president remarked, "In the abstract you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details, I think we've struck the right balance." Public outrage has focused on the president, and rightly so, but there is another part to the story: a sprawling network of private contractors operating in the deep shadows of the national security state.
