Your fingerprints are everywhere

"How Much do you trust your government?" is the question asked by Scott Granneman at Security Focus. He goes on to reflect on the way the US government has eroded liberties in the name of security. This prompted me to Google for "Star Wars This is how liberty dies" as I had a hunch that it would lead me to a few people who would draw parallels between Chancellor Palpatine and George Bush. I was not disappointed. Many people have noticed that the creation and hyping of threats to justify the restriction of liberty and the concentration of power in the state is happening in our world just as it happened (or not) long long ago in a galaxy far far away. Scott concludes his piece with a call to action, and he's right. Democracies like ours aren't lost, they are given away, and if we refuse to give it away the forces of the dark side will have to look out there. As citizens (or subjects if you are in the UK) we have a duty to be informed and to resist this gradual theft of our liberty.