Why are defenders of privacy arguing more strenuously against government information programs rather than corporate data gathering? Rotenberg said that privacy advocates have certainly concentrated on data gathering in the private sector. The major issue with government programs has to do with surveillance directed at the American public. The new activities undertaken in the post-9/11 era are quite foreign to our country's history. Kmiec responded that two of Rotenberg's assertions need to be challenged: that there has been widespread government abuse, and that in dealing with terrorism you can adhere to standard criminal procedures. Respondents: Rotenberg and Kmiec.
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