Last week my wife and I toured Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. I think the author of our Declaration of Independence would appreciate the radical freedom of information and checks on overly-powerful government being promoted by a growing effort called WikiLeaks.
Here is a video with real-world examples of information espionage that takes the core American values of freedom of the press to a whole new level.
The end of the video poses a telling question: will information age technology be used for Big Brother to keep an eye on us? or for us to keep an eye on Big Brother? The answer is yet to be known.
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