> And, as an institution, they are largely all too convinced that an all-seeing universal surveillance state would be a good thing, actually. Not that I disagr

> And, as an institution, they are largely all too convinced that an all-seeing universal surveillance state would be a good thing, actually. Not that I disagree, but where is the light in this tunnel? Increased police surveillance seems to be a common theme in USA, UK and Australia. And countries with less advanced democracies--to say nothing of Russia or China--are not climbing faster into the surveillance wagon mostly because of financial reasons.