One by one, European countries are now going the way of Saudi Arabia and other such repressive régimes. We need people in public life committed to the concept of liberty, but what we have got is the opposite: Politicians wanting to take our freedoms away from us. The freedoms we have enjoyed over the years will be very difficult to get back once they will have been lost. What on earth is the matter with these people? They are running scared of terror. It’s the freedoms of the law-breakers that should be withdrawn, not the freedoms of the law-abiding citizens. - ©Mark
BBC: Sweden's parliament has approved controversial new laws allowing authorities to spy on cross-border e-mail and telephone traffic.
The country's intelligence bureau will be able to scan international calls, faxes and e-mails.
The measure was passed by a narrow majority after a heated debate in the Stockholm parliament.
Critics say it threatens civil liberties and represents Europe's most far-reaching eavesdropping plan.
"By introducing these new measures, the Swedish government is following the examples set by governments ranging from China and Saudi Arabia to the US government's highly criticised eavesdropping programme," said Peter Fleischer, of Google. Sweden Approves Wiretapping Law >>> | June 19, 2008
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