Eric Leser and Corine Lesnes have articles about America's National Security Agency. Needless to say, they are alarmist, liking America to George Orwell's Big Brother in his novel, 1984. Note to Leser: Had you asked Orwell — who also, it should perhaps be remembered, wrote Animal Farm — he would have replied that before making alarmist statements about democracies, you would do better to look at some of the other régimes that exist on this planet.
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
The NSA Is Watching You
Eric Leser and Corine Lesnes have articles about America's National Security Agency. Needless to say, they are alarmist, liking America to George Orwell's Big Brother in his novel, 1984. Note to Leser: Had you asked Orwell — who also, it should perhaps be remembered, wrote Animal Farm — he would have replied that before making alarmist statements about democracies, you would do better to look at some of the other régimes that exist on this planet.
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