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Aeschylus is credited first for the time-worn aphorism that in war, truth is the first casualty. But in the next major conflict, truth could find itself joined by virtually all information. As a society at war, we face becoming blind, deaf and dumb once the balloon goes up. Britain and most western countries have put

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