The Islamic State Makes Electronic Surveillance Respectable Again

Last September, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff captured the world's mood when she opened the U.N. General Assembly with a withering rebuke of America's massive electronic surveillance program.

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama, fresh from ordering up airstrikes against Islamic extremists in Syria, will strike a different tone, calling on the international community to ramp up surveillance of legions of foreign jihadists fighting alongside the self-styled Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

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