Ben Franklin Was Right - When You Give Up Liberty For Security, You End Up With Neither

By Liberty Report Staff

It's well known that the United Kingdom is the number one surveillance state in the West. They recently passed a bill that was labelled as "the most sweeping surveillance powers in the western world." Virtually everything is monitored in the U.K.

Yet, despite this extraordinary surveillance, look at the tragedy that occurred in Manchester:

1) The UK police and intelligence services both knew about the suicide bomber.
2) Family members in the UK warned officials that he was...