In both the ACLU (Stanley and Steinhardt) and the Rajan articles, the authors discuss different but related aspects of the "surveillance society" and "privacy". Are the concerns about a "surveillance monster" expressed in the ACLU report exaggerated? Is Rajan perhaps more than a bit naive when she states "technology and the growth of a post-authoritarian generation may help the positive aspects of internationalization to be more widely felt among Russians in the new future" (p. 638). Are issues of surveillance, privacy, and democratization relevant at all for understanding Kyrgyz or regional (Central Asia) politics?
Before answering the above questions review one (or more) of the following websites/articles, and incorporate your review of at least one of the below websites or articles into your answer:
ACLU v. NSA: The Challenge to Illegal Spying
Saralaeva, Leila. 2004. "Kyrgyzstan’s Not-So-Secret Service: Parliamentary report damns secret police as “state within a state” after detailing surveillance and subversion." Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). May 28. Last accessed April 10, 2007.
Pasko, Grigory. 2007. "Speak Up, We’re Eavesdropping! A technician “under the roof” Conversation with an FSB officer (ret.) about the ins and outs of information gathering and information security." Robert Amsterdam's Blog. March 13. Last accessed April 10,
2007.
International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance (ICAMS).
Also the full text of the ACLU report was not included in the reader. I will copy the remaining pages and distribute in class on Wednesday. The ACLU article is archived on the ICP 351 server space, and can also be accessed at this url.
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