Surveillance State of the Day

That persistent paranoia that you're being watched all the time? It's justified.

According to documents leaked on Wikileaks, the U.S. government has cobbled together a new technology that siphons real-time data from surveillance cameras in stores, casinos, and other businesses around the country, then allows agents to use facial recognition software to analyze the footage for terrorists -- or would-be terrorists.

The best part? Because the structure was more-or-less already in place, this has mostly happened under the radar of most Americans. So predictable.

[io9]