Shane Harris
Author of @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex
About the Author
Shane Harris is senior correspondent at the Daily Beast, covering national security, intelligence, and cyber security. He is also an ASU fellow at New America, where he researches the future of war. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. show more His first book, The Watchers: The Rise of American's Survelliance State, was named on of the best books of 2010 by the Economist. show less
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The book closes with the following: "Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”
We shouldn't abdicate our responsibility to keep government overreach in check, despite promises of protecting the 'greater good'. Unfortunately, the government is deeply entrenched; removing them from the net is as likely as revoking a tax once imposed. Private industry will have powerful sway in balancing government abuse and invasion of personal privacy, unless they take the lazy route and collaborate for perks, like easy sales and kickbacks.… (more)