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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/are-we-safer In this clip from "Are We Safer," The Washington Post's Dana Priest investigates the reach of homeland security into the lives of ordinary Americans. Watch "Are We Safer?" on PBS Jan. 18.

FRONTLINE launches its new monthly magazine program with three reports, led by "Are We Safer?" In this first story, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Against a backdrop of recent mail bomb threats from Al Qaeda in Yemen and growing concerns about homegrown terrorists, Priest explores the growing reach of homeland security, fusion centers, battlefield technologies, and data collecting into the lives of ordinary Americans.

Watch on air and online beginning Tuesday, January 18 at 9 pm ET on PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/are-we-safer/

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[PupuTheClown]

,,good, maybe these new leaders will start placing cameras in your home, monitor everything you do, I don't see how thats giving up your freedoms, do you ?

[toooooooooooooooool]

Fearmongering. The Bill of Rights does not grant you the right from surveillance in public areas. I don't get where all this "giving up liberties" talk comes from. The streets are public. People are free to take pictures of you and your goods, with(out) your permission. The only way you would be able to take any sort of legal action against private individuals doing so is if the pictures in question were published in the public domain.

[joe1977poland]

this is not scary. the scary IS the moment when judges start basing their decisions on those "digital footprints". Anyone that knows anything about "digital" world knows that "two copies are always the same". Hence IF officials want to bring you down, it will take them couple hours to forge your presence somewhere where you havent been. AND judge WILL accept that proof. End of the world as we know. from "give me the person I will find paragraph" to "give me a person I will produce their crime".

[joe1977poland]

awesome... while actually criminal statistics numbers for the state goes UP !!

[joe1977poland]

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety!

[refink33]

No we are not anymore safer than before. It is the good Samaritans of this country: like the father of the Oregon would be bomber, who contacted the FBI about his son. Or the two gentlemen who prevented further death in AZ by tackling Jared Laughner. Crazy people are gonna do crazy shit. Good old fashion regular American citizen are the biggest help against violent crimes. Pres. Obama is more similar to Pres. Bush, than you might think with respect to illegal wire tapping and gov. transparency.

[RT378]

I'm prepared to sacrifice some 'liberty' in today's world, but this special is asking whether it is worth it in any tangible sense. I think that is largely unquantifiable, and should not be allowed to police a society. If LE wants to use the technology shown at the beginning to track serious criminals or terrorists, I have no issue with that, but using it to write tickets is not ok. I come from a police family, and there is a serious issue with accountability and violations in today's LE.

[throbbin87]

Those who give up freedom for a little safty...are no longer free... Read of Germany in the 1930's, you will see....

[ToolFan68]

What everyone should know is that CERTAIN CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, and FRIENDS OF BIG BROTHER are given exclusive EXEMPTION from license plate scanner technologies. This technology is going to be used to: A. Collect revenue to pay off the debt that the country supposedly owes (yes, local revenue goes there too) B. Track citizens in case of marshal law. Ask yourself... how did society thrive and function so well before we became SO AFRAID of THE TERRORIST BOOGEYMAN!! It's all a lie.

[beancube2010]

Everybody should have one like this so when people spot reckless police drivers they they can anonymously add them to public database distributing across the country.