National Security Agency โ The only part of the government that really listens to what you have to say
Ang New York Times (November 2) ran a long article based on NSA documents released by Edward Snowden. One of the lines that most caught my attention concerned โSigintโ โ Signals intelligence, the term used for electronic intercepts. The document stated:
โSigint professionals must hold the moral high ground, even as terrorists or dictators seek to exploit our freedoms. Some of our adversaries will say or do anything to advance their cause; we will not.โ
What, I wondered, might that mean? What would the National Security Agency โ on moral principle โ refuse to say or do?
I have on occasion asked people who reject or rationalize any and all criticism of US foreign policy: โWhat would the United States have to do in its foreign policy to lose your support? What, for you, would be Sobra?โ Iโve yet to get a suitable answer to that question. I suspect itโs because the person is afraid that whatever they say Iโll point out that the United States has already done it.
The United Nations vote on the Cuba embargo โ 22 years in a row
Sa loob ng maraming taon, ang mga pinunong pampulitika at media ng Amerika ay mahilig mag-label sa Cuba bilang isang "internasyonal na pariah". Matagal na nating hindi narinig iyon. Marahil ang isang dahilan ay ang taunang boto sa United Nations General Assembly sa resolusyon na nagsasabing: "Kailangan ng pagtatapos ng pang-ekonomiya, komersyal at pinansiyal na embargo na ipinataw ng Estados Unidos ng Amerika laban sa Cuba". Ganito ang naging boto (hindi kasama ang mga abstention):
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