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One has to wonder how the world's governments will react to this, especially since they won't be publishing blog posts in a similar manner to Google et al. The
by ihsw 13y ago
One has to wonder how the world's governments will react to this, especially since they won't be publishing blog posts in a similar manner to Google et al.
There are two major trade agreements[1][2] that are written and negotiated in absolute secrecy, and we can only speculate what will be on them. The world's governments may quietly support the surveillance systems the USG operates, and the USG may use it to appease her opponents by adding stipulations to the trade agreements that will grant them unfettered access (putting an end to any and all state-sponsored opposition) just as the UK receives access.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAFTA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAFTA
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Strategic_Economic_Partnership http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Strategic_Economi...
- b0rsuk 13y agoProbably the same way governments all over the world do to inconvenient facts: be silent and pretend it doesn't exist.