1984....

• U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's concentration camp plans
• Japan's Shoji Screen online registry system
• The U.S. Department of Justice Operation TIPS

Just a few of the signs that today's governments are starting to make up for lost time. George Orwell's prophetic vision of a controlled utopian world in his novel 1984 may yet come to pass, despite being 18 years behind schedule.