▁Ar aman , ▁fr ustr ated ▁by ▁their ▁unw illing ness ▁to ▁co oper ate , ▁has ▁no ▁alternative ▁but ▁to ▁declare ▁the ▁government ' s ▁hand . ▁He ▁reve als ▁that ▁F oster ▁has ▁been ▁app reh ended ▁through ▁the ▁government ' s ▁own ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁chron os cope ▁in ▁s no op ing ▁on ▁the ▁plot ters . ▁ ▁Ar aman ▁reve als ▁that ▁the ▁government ▁chron os copy ▁ag ency , ▁far ▁from ▁suppress ing ▁scientific ▁research ▁out ▁of ▁blind ▁author itar ian ism , ▁was ▁trying ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁they ▁knew ▁how . ▁As ▁F oster ▁and ▁Pot ter ley ▁have ▁learned , ▁the ▁chron os cope ▁is ▁inher ently ▁limited ▁to ▁recent ▁times — but ▁what ▁if , ▁instead ▁of ▁foc using ▁it ▁upon ▁the ▁past ▁of ▁a ▁generation ▁earlier , ▁it ▁were ▁tun ed ▁to ▁the ▁past ▁of ▁one - h undred th ▁of ▁a ▁second ▁ago ? ▁The ▁dead ▁past , ▁Ar aman ▁says , ▁is ▁only ▁a ▁syn onym ▁for ▁" the ▁living ▁present ". ▁If ▁the ▁plans ▁for ▁a ▁chron os cope , ▁particularly ▁F oster ' s ▁new ▁and ▁improved ▁version , ▁ever ▁reached ▁the ▁general ▁public , ▁the ▁resulting ▁pl ague ▁of ▁vo ye ur ism ▁would ▁effectively ▁eliminate ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁priv acy . ▁Even ▁the ▁government ▁workers ▁now ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁chron os cope , ▁Ar aman ▁says , ▁sometimes ▁trans gress ▁reg ulations ▁and ▁use ▁it ▁to ▁sp y ▁for ▁personal ▁purposes .