“Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there’s a man who sits behind a counter and says, ‘All right, you can have a telephone but you lose privacy and the charm of distance. ... Mister, you may conquer the air but the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasoline.’” — Spencer Tracy, as Henry Drummond in “Inherit the Wind” In the post 9-11 era, Americans have become somewhat accustomed to the idea of being watched.