> ...
>
> It's especially troubling in the US where we now have a secret court and
> citizens can be stripped of due process if labeled 'enemy combatant". It can
> even be a criminal act to reveal you were asked to provide such data (Patriot
> Act) and there are programs to involve citizens in looking for data (Operation
> TIPS). Through the Military Commissions Act (US) (and through precedent and
> principles used even before the Act, since 9/11) one can be categorized as an
> enemy for lending any kind of aid to the enemy, which could include just
> favorable opinion...


So much for the "Land of the Free" then.

RP
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