>How they didn’t see parallels to the stasi I don’t know. Probably some mental gymnastics along the lines of "it's different because we're using it for good."

>How they didn’t see parallels to the stasi I don’t know. Probably some mental gymnastics along the lines of "it's different because we're using it for good." What I don't get is why these boondoggles keep popping up despite them failing to actually improve the crime stats that the people at the top who approve these things tie their careers to.