Life imitates art again

Once again my favorite movie, Terry Gilliam's Brazil, has prophesized an actual event:

"Canada's police chiefs propose a surcharge of about 25 cents on monthly telephone and Internet bills to cover the cost of tapping into the communications of terrorists and other criminals."

Compare with:

                INTERVIEWER

        And the cost of it all, Deputy

        Minister? Seven percent of the gross

        national product ...



                HELPMANN

        I understand this concern on behalf

        of the tax-payers. People want value

        for money and a cost-effective

        service.

             ...

        That is why we always insist on the

        principle of Information Retrieval

        Charges. These terrorists are not

        pulling their weight, and it's

        absolutely right and fair that those

        found guilty should pay for their

        periods of detention and the

        Information Retrieval Procedures used

        in their interrogation.

Maybe Terry Gilliam is the Messiah.