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Nancy Goldstein, The Guardian UK: 'Nearly eight months after the original FOIA request, the State Department has finally released ... 11 cables.... Administration officials unleashed plenty of hyperbole and hysteria when the cables were first published. But ... none of the information ... actually endangered American citizens, allies or informants. They did, however, prove embarrassing for the US and many foreign leaders. Because it turned out that claims about national security were often an excuse to prevent us from seeing our government engaged in unethical, unconstitutional and, sometimes, illegal practices.'

http://www.truth-out.org/us-national-security-smokescreen/1323368160



State Power and Democracy: Before and During the Presidency of George W. Bush

Andrew Kolin, Palgrave Macmillan: 'With the recent emergence of the nationwide 'Occupy' movement in the United States, there is reason to hope that a mass-based progressive movement could develop to challenge the power of an American police state.... One obvious question must be asked: what is the future of the American police state? If history tells us anything about police states, it is that they all eventually crumble, in large part, because over time, they become dysfunctional.'

http://www.truth-out.org/state-power-and-democracy-and-during-presidency-george-w-bush/1323357279



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