Big Brother

That's what Bill Arkin's list of a number of "software tools, databases, data mining and processing efforts contracted for, under development or in use at the NSA and other intelligence agencies today" looks like, to me.

Russell Tice, a former NSA staffer who is set to appear before Congress this week, also says that there's a lot more going on than meets the eye.

As Justin Raimondo headlines his latest column, "Fascism: Are We There Yet?"