[privacy] U.S. Attorney General Mukasey Has Orwellian Inspiration

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via The Boston Globe (Reuters).

[snip]

The top law enforcement official said on Friday he keeps in his office a
portrait of George Orwell, whose book "1984" envisioned a futuristic
technology security state overseen by a prying "Big Brother."

But the inspiration comes from Orwell's writing style, not the dystopian
world the English writer depicted, an aide said.

Attorney General Michael Mukasey, in his first extensive meeting with
reporters since taking office in November, said he selected two portraits
for his office, the first being Robert Jackson, a former Supreme Court
Justice, U.S. attorney general and Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor.

[snip]

More:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/01/25/law_enforc
ement_chief_has_orwellian_inspiration/

Wow. You can't even make this stuff up...

- - ferg

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