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Tue INTRUDERS: THE INVASION OF PRIVACY BY GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY, by Senator Edward V. Long (Praeger, $5.95).

The noble work commenced by Vance Packard in his Naked Society (see NR, June 2, 1964) is continued here, and with the same two major oversights-1) as to the source of the question, whether the asker merely asks or whether he has the power to compel a response-i.e., whether it is an interview or an official interrogation; and 2) as to the object of the question, whether it is mere prurient snooping on law-abiding citizens or prudential investigation of presumptive malefactors-i.e., whether it is for gossip or for G-2.

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Tue INTRUDERS: THE INVASION OF PRIVACY BY GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY, by Senator Edward V. Long (Praeger, $5.95).

The noble work commenced by Vance Packard in his Naked Society (see NR, June 2, 1964) is continued here, and with the same two major oversights-1) as to the source of the question, whether the asker merely asks or whether he has the power to compel a response-i.e., whether it is an interview or an official interrogation; and 2) as to the object of the question, whether it is mere prurient snooping on law-abiding citizens or prudential investigation of presumptive malefactors-i.e., whether it is for gossip or for G-2.