Great Stalin would be jealous, but...

...Winston Smith might have another reaction:

Mayor Daley has argued that security and terrorism won’t be an issue if his Olympic dreams come true because, by 2016, there will be a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago.

But even before that blanket coverage begins, the “Big Brother’’ network is being put to better use....

Although the city’s vast surveillance network includes cameras installed at private businesses, universities and homes, Orozco said civil libertarians have nothing to fear.

“We do not and we will not take access to any camera inside of a building,’’ he said. When the city accesses private cameras, workers only see “what you would see if you were sitting on a park bench in front of that building,” he said.

Uh huh. Today. "When the city accesses private cameras..."?

Doesn't the idea of Mayor Daley having surveillance cameras on every corner of his city just make you warm all over?

Just keep repeating: It's for our own good. It's for the good of all. It is for the common good. It is the common will. All Hail il Du...

Fran Spielman has the story in the Chicago Sun-Times.