Law Professor: Gov. Surveillance Harms Society

University of Florida News:
Acts of government surveillance - from increasing use of closed-circuit televisions and global positioning systems to an array of sophisticated technologies that can access records about our activities - represent an insidious assault on the freedom of Americans that the law has failed to respond to, according to a new book from a University of Florida law professor. In his book, "Privacy at Risk: The New Government Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment," UF Levin College of Law professor Christopher Slobogin writes, "The assault comes from government monitoring of our communications, actions and transactions. The failure results from the inability or unwillingness of courts and legislatures to recognize how pervasive and routine this government surveillance has become."

Posted by Editor at March 6, 2008 02:01 AM