In the middle of reading this article I recalled the line from the tragically underrated Strange Days: "the issue's not whether you're paranoid, Lenny.  I mean look at this shit, the issue is whether you're paranoid enough."

And because I'm apparently all about the movies today, I'm also remembering a scene-- actually about two dozen scenes-- from Enemy of the State where the super secret government apparatus accessed data instantaneously they simply could not have accessed, quickly or otherwise.  Daily banking information, for instance.  I work for a bank, and I can tell you right now there is no way to just peek into the data from outside like that.

On the other hand... well, read the article.  And then?  I hear the Netherlands are quite nice.