Probably worth reading the author's follow up article. It's a Brookings Institute piece focused on creating a disconnect between Liberty and Secuity, or rather

Probably worth reading the author's follow up article. It's a Brookings Institute piece focused on creating a disconnect between Liberty and Secuity, or rather decoupling the concepts as non-related. Interesting logic. "We seldom stop and ask the question of whether and when our surveillance programs are really coming at the expense of liberty at all; or whether the relationship might be more complicated than that—indeed, whether some of these programs might even enhance liberty." http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2011/9/21%20platform%20security%20wittes/0921_platform_security_wittes.pdf http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2011/...