When we produced our first Electronic Police State report, the top ten nations were of two types:
1. Those that had the will to spy on every citizen, but lacked ability.
2. Those who had the ability, but were restrained in will.
This is changing: The able have become willing and their traditional restraints have failed.
The United States, with the UK and France close behind, have now caught up with Russia and are
gaining on China, North Korea and Belarus. The key developments driving this are the following: