'Enemy of the State' predicted the NSA scandal in 1998

Eh. Wow.

Mon, 04 Nov, 2013 - 14:39

Dave Molloy

Remember Enemy of the State? The 1998 thriller starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman, all about the far-fetched lengths to which the US government will go to keep track of threats?

Yeah - it's all pretty much on the money 15 years later.

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