Big Brother Getting Closer - Australia
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Channel: Journeyman Pictures · 2007 · News & Politics
July 2005 Control of information has become an integral tool in the war on terror. But are these powers being abused to silence government critics? Virtually every country has introduced laws restricting cherished civil liberties like freedom of speech. But Australia's use of these powers to censor a book criticising the government's handling of intelligence has raised serious questions. As intelligence analyst David Wright-Neville states: "Many government critics do feel that we are constantly being harassed." Produced by SBS/Dateline Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
