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Why you should care about the 'Third Dimension' of government information

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Government secrecy and the government’s collection of personal data on citizens are a daily part of the news we read.

Reporters cover these two subjects routinely, just as they do the Pentagon or Interior Department. Many days, such stories dominate the front page, as has...

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