chapter 14 includes two important moments in the text. First, this is where we have the first reference to “Little Brothers,” and second, there is reference to the fact that the American news agencies have failed to cover the story of the A-oh-A. Descri

The book's title is definitely a nod to George Orwell's seminal novel 1984 which features the mustachioed picture of Big Brother watching everybody. Instead of a single "Big Brother" that's watching everyone, the Xnet is filled with many "Little Brothers" who "watch back against the Department of Homeland Security's anti­terrorism measures, documenting the failures and excesses." It is like an updated hi-tech revolt against the system. Mainstream news carries only what the state wants people to know hence the "little brothers" are not covered. The state doesn't want to appear vulnerable in any way.