Scathing and awesome.

#headdesk

"A congressional official briefed on the reviews said the administration felt compelled to say publicly that the revelations had seriously damaged American interests in order to bolster legal efforts to shut down the WikiLeaks website and bring charges against the leakers."

Privately, says an anonymous official, the government is trying to make an example out of WikiLeaks and Assange by "present[ing] the toughest front they can muster."

Turning to the crowd, Carson said, “It seems that Robert Mugabe has some friends in the room tonight. Unlike in Zimbabwe, they are allowed to speak without oppression, because this is a democracy.”

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US wants to enforce a "three strikes" system on ISPs around the world, encouraging them to disconnect users who violate copyright law. WTF.

More info on the proposed three strikes law as part of the US Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

"What do Hillary Clinton and Hu Jintao have in common? Check your mobile phone for the answer."

"Who are we giving these cameras to? Victims who report past rapes, on the assumption that they will soon be raped again? People who appear to be promising candidates for future rapes? Or, is the American government going to go back in time and hand out cameras to documented rape victims so they can be ready to hit "record" when the violence begins?"

"While there’s no shortage of pride over the Obama visit, there’s a darker tone as well to many of these conversations. This is the third US presidential visit to Ghana, and while Obama is a rock star to an extent that George W. Bush never was, there’s a sense of inevitability to some of these visits."

Clinton responds by talking about peanut butter

"More American ambassadors have died violent deaths since World War II than our admirals and generals combined."

clinton's role in foreign policy, torn apart. three cheers for obama