Surveillance, spying, citizens, police, scanners, pre-crime
Photo credit: Ted Rall / WhoWhatWhy

America's highways as panopticon.

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US Border Patrol collects millions of tracking data-points about American motorists in order to form profiles of their travels. Those deemed suspicious are targeted for pretextual stops by local law enforcement in one of the most Orwellian developments of our age. Jack Kerouac would not have approved.

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  • Ted Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His most recent book is "The Stringer," a graphic novel in which journalism meets "Breaking Bad."

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