>The extreme secrecy within which our own government operates. The unchecked surveillance of American citizens by government officials.
** Again, happened throughout the Cold War. Surveillance actually became more difficult with the switch to fiber optic cables and the widespread use of E-mail encryption technology. Phones always were tapped. Harry Truman authorized first tap of transatlantic phone cables.
A correction here. Truman authorized the first ongoing tap of transatlantic phone cables. Taps were used during World War I by Wilson, during WW 2 by FDR, but under Truman it became institutionalized as did domestic surveillance.
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