Williams Wants Big Brother to Watch You

DC Mayor Anthony Williams has decided that already existing surveillance cameras should be turned on the populace:

The mayor's office wants to allow police officers to use surveillance cameras every day throughout the District -- not just during special events on the Mall.

Deputy Mayor Edward D. Reiskin plans to propose legislation this month that would expand the Metropolitan Police Department's network of closed-circuit cameras.

The bill would increase the number of surveillance cameras and allow police to watch "for regular anti-crime activity" in a pilot program.

Washington, DC may be the de facto capital of the free world; so why are its inhabitants, workers, and tourists subjected to some of the most draconian surveillance ideas in the Western World?