Of all the excuses ladled out for the Obama administration’s shredding of the Fourth Amendment while assaulting press freedom and prosecuting “national security” whistleblowers, none is more pernicious than the claim that technology is responsible. At first glance, the explanation might seem to make sense. After all, the capacities of digital tech have become truly … Continue reading The Digital Dog Ate Our Civil-Liberties Homework: ‘It’s Just the Way It Is’