It was this exact same thing that Ronald Reagan used as an example of to explain why the Sandinista-ruled Nicaragua was a fraud and a blight on human liberty. Turning the nation into apparatchiks of the state used to be considered a threat to liberty. Today, Reagan’s so-called heirs are pushing the EXACT same activity they used to decry as tyranny.

But then again, we’ve always been at war with Eurasia, haven’t we?

Colorado counterterrorism officials used the 9/11 anniversary to launch an Internet system that lets ordinary people electronically report “suspicious activity” - ferreting out possible terrorist bombers or plotters in their midst. “One person can make a difference in thwarting terrorism,” State Patrol Chief Mark Tostel said Monday in unveiling the system.

Civil-liberties leaders immediately denounced the move as deeply destructive. The system lets anybody with Internet access send a report and photos (via www.ciac.co.gov) documenting anything that strikes them as suspicious.

Officials said suspicious activity may include “unusual requests for information,” “unusual interest in high-risk or symbolic targets,” “unusual purchases or thefts,” “suspicious or unattended packages,” “suspicious persons who appear out of place” or people acquiring weapons, uniforms or fraudulent identification. . .

“I hate it,” said Cathryn Hazouri, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Colorado. “This is encouraging people to spy on one another.”

It moves modern America in the direction of communist societies of the Soviet Union and China, “where people were encouraged to turn in their family members, or their neighbors, if they believed those people were not toeing the government line,” Hazouri said. . .

“It’s almost as though they are trying to tell people that they need to be afraid. Very afraid. Afraid of people they know, and especially of people they don’t know.”

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