Big Brother

I'm sure they will discover that human intelligence – armies of informers ready to dob in colleagues, neighbours – and family members – are most effective in police states.

Big Bro Broken: Lavish surveillance shattered by Boston bombings

Many US government officials are calling for tougher national security measures, in the wake of the deadly Boston bombings. But more than a decade of multi-billion-dollar surveillance, at the expense of civil liberties, has failed to prevent terror at home. Experts say Washington's security strategy has already cost far more than it's worth.