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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Jeff Clark
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by Jeff Clark - Oct. 1, 2008

Greenwald is working hard to see that the mammoth telecoms, renowned for their generosity to Dems and Repubs alike, don't get immunity for illegal acts that they knowingly committed for profit. In this article he keeps the flame alive by putting illegal eavesdropping in a broader context, showing how on the international stage the US preaches against what it practices and--most importantly--how this undermines human rights worldwide. At the end of GG's excellent articles one always wonders why are there so few people writing with such persuasiveness on these vital topics?

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