Big Brother revisited :Signs of Orwellian fears in 21st-century Washington

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 — Wasn’t this “Ministry of Truth” and “War is Peace” stuff supposed to have arrived 20 years ago? George Orwell predicted a government stamping lies as truth and fighting a war so endless as to assume the monotony of peace. Writing against the early Cold War backdrop, he predicted this grim world to arrive in 1984. Well, worse late than never. The Orwellian fears of post-World War II are taking form in early 21st-century Washington.