Wiretapping: a secret history
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Why Is It That Americans Are Upset About the War on Drugs?
The electronic surveillance that goes on in the name of the war on drugs to day under the igis of title three of his crime control and safe streets act of 19 68. This is a form of surveillance that most americans don't really care about, don't really know about. And i think race helps us tell that story. Whose phones are being tapped here? Ah, when it's the phones of black and brown Americans,. America generally speaking, have turned a blind eye. That was brian hockman. His book the listeners is published by harvard university press and is on sale now.
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