I have always considered it absurd to judge anyone solely on the basis of the police reports and denunciations — to believe that, in a country in which everything was a lie, the security services were the only institution guided by an evangelical respect for the truth.
- -- Adam Michnik
Prof. Michnik is talking about Poland here, but it's not much of a stretch to think of the U.S., is it? Especially in light of the USA PATRIOT Act, warrantless wiretapping, "extraordinary rendition," "national security letters," confessions obtained via torture, and stories such as this.
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