White Rose is a protest blog collective focusing on civil liberties in the UK.
It was set up to point a finger at the erosion of personal freedom in the UK.
Government's active measures introduce new means of control such as identity cards and surveillance cameras, the passive measures such as weakening of double jeopardy and presumption of innocence.


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Monday, July 21, 2003
Uncle Sam is watching you
Gabriel Syme (London)
(0)   Surveillance

Since September 11, 2001, travellers to the United States have readily accepted that a few more checks and questions are the price they have to pay for safety. But is security turning into surveillance? Michael Kerr reports.

Since September 11, 2001, we have all become readier to yield up our freedoms for what we hope will be greater security. But we should not forget the words of that great American statesman Benjamin Franklin: "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

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