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by barking 4699 days ago
Secret courts

extraordinary rendition

waterboarding

indefinite detention in a location beyond the reach of the judicial system

shoot to kill via drone

spying on the populace on a scale that the stasi could only dream of.

Spying on allies as well as enemies

What kind of a regime is that?

3 comments

USA -> USSR. US govt has decided to follow practices of USSR govt as it considers them to be much more superior than the former USA govt practices.
I believe waterboarding, unlike skateboarding, is now illegal again.

It might still be secretly legal, though.

out of control