The digital revolution? It's all a gift to the power of the state | Simon Jenkins

From the Pentagon to Whitehall, caving in to fear of terror has given data intrusion and press restriction the best tunes

On Monday the US justice department admitted it knew of every phone call made by 100 Associated Press reporters in April and May last year. It had seized the details, undisclosed, from the relevant phone companies. No reason was given. The department said it "valued the freedom of the press", but – that phrase is always followed by but – it had to balance this against the p...