“Should we wrap it all up and simply say that they arrested the innocent? But we omitted saying that the very concept of guilt had been repealed by the proletarian revolution and, at the beginning of the thirties, was defined as rightist opportunism! So we can't even discuss these out-of-date concepts, guilt and innocence.” CommunismTotalitarianismPolice StateSoviet RussiaStalinism19731938Double ThinkSecurity StateArbitrary Arrest Book:The Gulag Archipelago Source: The Gulag Archipelago
“Miriam is upset. Her voice is stretched and I can't look at her. Perhaps they beat something out of her she didn't get back.” TraumaGermanySurvivorPtsdBeatTraumaticGdrBeatingGovermentSecurity StatePhsyical Abuse Book:Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall Source: Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall
“He [Edward Snowden] has been careful with his info, doling it out to responsible news organizations — The Post, the New York Times, the Guardian, etc. — and not tossing it up in the air, WikiLeaks style, and echoing the silly mantra “Information wants to be free.” (No. Information, like most of us, wants a home in the Hamptons.)” – Richard Cohen, Washington Post (10/22/2013)” PoliticsWhistleblowersSecurity State Author:Richard Cohen
“This is what politics is about, right? We help the people discover the threat to their security, then we provide them with a solution.” PoliticsSecurity State Book:The Falcon in the Barn Source: The Falcon in the Barn