Robert: It is different in magnitute. It is different in kind, and it has no parallel in US history.
Someone mention Northern Europe as a Utopia of civil rights? Sweden May Spy On E-MailsGovernment Wants To Give Intelligence Agency Right To Spy On E-Mail That Crosses Nation's Borders
(AP) Sweden's government presented a contentious plan Thursday to allow a defense intelligence agency to monitor — without a court order — E-mail traffic and phone calls crossing the nation's borders.
The government insists only a fraction of the electronic communications will be affected, but critics worry the program, designed to combat terrorism and other threats to national security, is too far-reaching.
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