Roll Over, Play Dead

Interesting article from the Cato Institute on how fake IDs are saving lives around the world: 

Cato-at-liberty » Fake IDs Save Lives

Too many wrongly characterize the debate as "security versus privacy." The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that’s why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.

Wired News: The Eternal Value of Privacy

For all of you in LE and those interested in psychology, here’s a bit of a crazy study done by Stanford University in the 70’s IIRC.  They "jailed" a few college guys and put a few college "guards" in charge of them.  The study was slated to last nearly a week but was cut short after an attempted jailbreak and mental breakdown of numerous "inmates."

The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment

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