“[When Matthew Burton was hired by the Defense Intelligence Agency] his mind boggled at the futuristic, secret spy technology he would get to play with: search engines that can read minds, he figured. Desktop video conferencing with colleagues around the world. […]
But when he got to his cubicle, his high-tech dreams collapsed. ‘The reality,’ he later wrote ruefully, ‘was a colossal letdown.'”
<tinfoil hat>Of course, that’s what they would have you believe!</tinfoil hat>