The abuses and excesses by the American surveillance and law-enforcement communities in the years leading up to the mid-1970s prompted setting up of committees to reform the intelligence set-up. Let’s take a look and see whether we have an answer to the question once posed by the Roman satirist Juvenal:
Qui custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who will guard the guards?)
A few House and Senate committees were formed after reports of surveillance abuse came into light. (Image: danielo/Shutterstock)
Let’s begin by acknowledging the complementary role played by the courts. The leading case here is titled
United States v. United States District Court, better known as the Keith case.
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The Road to Serfdom
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