We’ve still got it! Just when you thought the U.S. was suffering too badly from the international damage of being led by a dolt, something comes along that reminds you we’re still capable of some real achievements.
Witness the latest report from Privacy International, a worldwide group of organizations and individuals who study matters of human rights and privacy (and they’re even such geeks for transparency that you can read their list of trustees and advisors and find out where their money comes from). The report classifies nations according to their surveillance habits versus civil rights. Guess who just moved from "extensive surveillance society" to the lowest ranking with Russia and China (among others), "endemic surveillance society"??!!?
Go us!
