Former chief of R&AW: We need to lose some of our freedoms to preserve others

[Sushubh]

Section 66A: The challenge of giving up some freedoms to preserve others remains - ET Blogs

There is, thus, no escaping state surveillance. This is going to be the new world where one of the main methods of collection of intelligence is to electronically listen to every conversation till the suspected terrorist can be separated from the innocent. Terrorism follows no rules and is not likely to disappear suddenly.
Counterterrorism can be harsh. But it is required to follow some rules. We need state-of-the-art intelligence. But we also need the freedoms. We will have to give up some of them to preserve other freedoms. It is always going to be a difficult choice.

I would like to quote Picard on this...