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As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial information.

An alarming new story from the Associated Press, "Intel official: Expect less privacy", points to a sentiment which may push Americans down the slippery slope towards fewer and fewer privacy rights for the individual.