Friday, May 21, 2010
Praise in the USA
Over in the US SALON online service, Glenn Greenwald likes what the Coalition is doing to restore civil liberies in Britain.
On the other hand it is a pessimistic survey of US developments...
"I don't want to idealize what's taking place in Britain: it still remains to be seen how serious these commitments are and how genuine of an investigation into the torture regime will be conducted. But clearly, what was once a fringe position there has now become the mainstream platform of their new Government: that it's imperative to ensure that their country is not "a place where our children grow up so used to their liberty being infringed that they accept it without question."
On the other hand it is a pessimistic survey of US developments...
Labels: coalition agreement, United States
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