"Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him."
----- Cardinal Richelieu ..... & pretty much every spook ever
Whadda ya think them big data centers the NSA runs in Texas and Utah are for? Gathering the best chili recipes and discussion about whether 1966 Camaro's are better than 1966 Mustangs?
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca ··· ichelieuRichelieu is also notable for the authoritarian measures he employed to maintain power. He censored the press, established a large network of internal spies, forbade the discussion of political matters in public assemblies such as the Parlement de Paris (a court of justice), and had those who dared to conspire against him prosecuted and executed. The Canadian historian and philosopher John Ralston Saul has referred to Richelieu as the "father of the modern nation-state, modern centralised power [and] the modern secret service."
"Your civil liberties are what we say they are."
--- Big Brother