George Orwell

Prism and the NSA’s phone tapping programs were supposed to be emergency measures designed to combat terrorism. But what happens when the threat of terrorism is the norm?

• By Jared Keller

We've been worried about a surveillance state since long before George Orwell's 1984. But one thing the Boston bombing taught us is that friends and family are watching much more closely than the FBI.

• By Seth Masket