Electronic Surveillance

The NSA and the End of the U.S. Empire

By Johan Galtung
The linchpin of an empire is the link between two elites, one in the imperial centre, the others in the peripheries. Symmetric alliances exist, but not when there is a superpower at the centre.

When Mexico Let Big Brother Spy

By Emilio Godoy
Non-governmental organisations are urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to demand explanations from the Mexican state for the weak protection it provided its citizens from large-scale spying by the United States.


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