Oppression

commondreams.org — The phone innocently sitting in the corner of your room is part of the apparatus of oppression. In the mid-1980s, a network of civilian informants, Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter (IMs, Unofficial Collaborators) was part of the STASI secret Police in East Germany. the STASI employed an estimated 91,000 employees and 300,000 informers. Now the US has millions of them - in every home.

"The original FISA law was passed in 1978 after a thorough congressional investigation headed by Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) revealed that for decades, intelligence analysts — and the presidents they served — had spied on the letters and phone conversations of union chiefs, civil rights leaders, journalists, antiwar activists..."

It is with sadness I watch Mr Obama signing up to President Bush's agenda. Ever closer to signing up to the one party state as he gets closer to power. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

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