] hicago's two-fisted street cops have a new kind of
] backup: a point-and-click surveillance network tied to a
] citywide crime-fighting database. (Smile for the camera.)

Relevant to Decius' postings on increased cameras in Nashville and the national ID plan.

It's the same argument that is being used to bolster intelligence for the War on Terror(tm). Peace and security is worth paying for and bending your civil rights to accomodate. An argument that's hard to counter.