Re: NBC: Another Republican Hypocrite
- From: Denise <LuvTheBoss@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:22:01 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 29, 7:34�pm, gumboman <gu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If this guy is so upset about government spying on its citizens or on
traveling visitors why doesn't he start with smirk and the US. Because
of our Middle East involvement the US is more intrusive than anything
this guy is talking about with respect to China. What a douchebag.
Senator: China will spy on Olympics tourists
Lawmaker says visitors 'will be subjected to invasive
intelligence-gathering'
Reuters
updated 2:00 p.m. CT, Tues., July. 29, 2008
WASHINGTON - China has installed Internet-spying equipment in all the
major hotel chains serving the 2008 Summer Olympics, a U.S. senator
charged on Tuesday.
"The Chinese government has put in place a system to spy on and gather
information about every guest at hotels where Olympic visitors are
staying," said Sen. Sam Brownback.
The conservative Republican from Kansas, citing hotel documents he
received, added that journalists, athletes' families and others
attending the Olympics next month "will be subjected to invasive
intelligence-gathering" by China's Public Security Bureau. He said the
agency will be monitoring Internet communications at the hotels.
The U.S. senator made a similar charge a few months ago but said that
since then, hotels have come forward with detailed information on the
monitoring systems that have been required by Beijing.
Brownback refused to identify the hotels, but said "several
international hotel chains have confirmed the existence of this
order."
Spokesmen at the Chinese Embassy in Washington were not available for
comment.
Brownback, who staged an unsuccessful campaign for president this
year, released documents that he said were notices to the hotels on
Internet security. The authenticity of the documents could not be
checked and portions were redacted.
One document said: "In order to ensure the smooth opening of Olympics
in Beijing and the Expo in Shanghai in 2010, safeguard the security of
Internet network and the information thereon in the hotels ... it is
required that your company install and run the Security Management
System."
Brownback said the hotels "have invested millions of dollars in their
Chinese properties" and "could face severe retaliation from the
Chinese government" if they refused to comply.
The senator called on China to reverse its policy, but said the hotels
are advising guests that "your communications and Web site activity
are not private" and that e-mails and Web sites being visited are
accessible to local law enforcement.
More than two years ago, a U.S. House of Representatives committee
held a hearing to probe U.S. firms' compliance with China's Internet
censorship demands.
Brownback has been a critic of China on human rights issues and has
been among U.S. lawmakers calling on President George W. Bush to
boycott the Olympics opening ceremonies, largely to highlight
allegations of Beijing's supply of arms to Sudan in return for oil.
Those weapons have been used to carry out genocide in Darfur,
according to China critics.
China has called human rights allegations nothing more than "noise
pollution" and is hoping the Olympic Games will boost its
international image.
In other news, how about that Bridge-to-Nowhere senator from Alaska?
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