[buster]

Aye, and we're still at it deciphering shreddered papers :)

http://www.goethe.de/ges/pok/ddg/en2491168.htm

[ck2]

This quote from that article gives me chills because it's what they are saying now:

Erich Mielke's mania for information: the long-time head of the Stasi, Mielke believed that "you have to know everything in order to be completely safe"

[buster]

That's a really good quote in the light of the NSA drama.. i still don't understand how people can defend this..