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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Denise Clendening
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by Denise Clendening - Oct. 1, 2008

Glenn Greenwald is connecting the dots again on a story that is hard to believe but he provides the links to the State Dept reports outlining how we condemn Russia for human rights abuses and our congress is approving the same actions to be conducted on Americans - infringing on our privacy rights with surveillance. In Zimbabwe they passed a similar law to what Congress is considering citing that they do it in the US and it is called the "Dictator's tool kit" by the opposition in their country. All claims are resourced and links are provided in this thoughtful analysis.

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