Introduction:

First and foremost, I must be clear: despite decades of work in network security, intelligence, counterintelligence, and field operations, I do not claim to be the ultimate authority on surveillance, intelligence, or counterintelligence.

The information presented here is compiled from personal experience, training, research, and the extrapolation of current technologies. There are few secrets I retain from my time in military and civilian intelligence that would be of interest today, though I remain restricted from certain travel locations decades later.

What I offer is a distillation of the methods and procedures that corporations and State actors are implementing today, or plan to implement in the very near future. I will examine what they are doing, why they are doing it, and provide possible countermeasures for those living under authoritarian rule, or in nations slipping into it, whether driven by State or Corporate actors.

I draw upon declassified, unclassified, and civilian sources for all information in Surveillance State. I strive to cite sources where applicable.

I will not be submitting this manuscript for government prepublication review. It will be published exclusively on my websites, which are hosted outside the United States. This ensures the content remains free from corporate censorship and interference from administration officials who may seek to suppress it.

I dedicate this book to all who served, those who gave their blood, and those who gave everything to preserve our freedoms and liberties.

The title Surveillance State denotes not only what may come but what is already here.