The company we keep

What kind of monsters would spy on their own citizens without warrants even when the law requires warrants, and then not even punish those who broke the law? Russian Communist KGB thugs -- that's who would do such a horrible thing, our State Department complained in 2006. Note, too -- as our Congress attempts to legalize warrantless eavesdropping here -- that our State Department complained about Russia's surveillance abuses even though the law there ... Full Story »

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by Norman Farrell - Oct. 1, 2008

The title of this article is unusually descriptive. Greenwald draws attention to the list of countries that ban HIV-positive individuals from entry. Most Americans would not be proud of the company: Armenia, Colombia, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sudan, USA and Yemen. On the issue of private communications, Greenwald draws undeniable comparisons between USA, Russia and Zimbabwe, three countries whose leaders aim to spy on citizens without warrants, oversight or other safeguards. Sadly, even long time despot Robert Mugabe cites American eavesdropping programs as justification for those of his own dictatorship.

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