A critical survey of databases, spy satellites, other surveillance technology and private police.

The omnipresent jeep, packed with GIs, bouncing over hills and fording streams, will soon be a thing of the past. The US Army and Marine Corps will replace it with the new High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, a conveyance with persistent mechanical problems such as clogged radiators and cracked axles, for which the Pentagon plans to spend $1.2 billion.

The arrest of Francisco Guirola, a long time associate of ARENA Party leader Roberto D'Aubuisson, at a small Texas airport has raised new questions about connections between rightist political activity in El Salvador and international drug traffic.

An overview of the homeporting controversy involving US Navy ships being placed in crowded metropolitan harbors. The article emphasizes the problems posed by the USS Iowa's planned homeporting at Staten Island, and cites a parallel situation in San Francisco.