The Salt Lake Tribune -- Mormons Help FBI Update ID Technology

This story is innocuous, but I predict that within a week we'll see letters to the editor of the SLTrib accusing the LDS Church of supporting Big Brother.

Big Brother is a powerful idea and symbol, but it would take massive resources to make it work. If you are really worried about it, think of how well the INS and FBI and CIA did keeping track of Arab terrorists running loose in the country. Could the agencies responsible for this "massive intelligence failure" really make a system like Big Brother work? They can't even keep track of people with student visa, let alone monitor everyone in the nation.

So next time you feel like fretting over national id, surveillance cameras, etc. Just remember, the bureaucracy itself is the best defense against Big Brother.