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Perspective

Oct. 17, 2015

Of course they're watching, but you're still paranoid

Timothy Sandefur of the Pacific Legal Foundation discusses Robert Scheer's "They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy."

Timothy Sandefur

Vice President for Legal Affairs
Goldwater Institute's Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation

Email: tsandefur@goldwaterinstitute.org

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By Timothy Sandefur

They say that just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not watching. But the reverse is also true: Just because you're being watched doesn't mean you're not paranoid. As Americans become increasingly worried about government monitoring of phone and email conversations, it has become essential to think with precision about where to draw the line between proper police methods and intrusions on privacy that the Constituti...

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