June 06, 2008
Chavez' Neighborhood Watch Program
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez is getting rid of his secret police (har), but he is replacing it with something else:
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Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has passed an intelligence law that could force people to spy on their neighbors as part of an attempt to deflect attention from evidence linking his government to the left-wing Colombian rebel group FARC, experts say.Though the law will scrap the secret police, known as Disip, and the Military Intelligence Directorate, it will create four agencies in their place, including the General Intelligence Office and General Counterintelligence Office, both under civilian command, as well as two bodies commanded by the military.
Above: An average Venezuelan participates in Chavez' new surveillance program
Sounds pretty good, doesn't it? But don't worry, Chavez has precedent:
Some analysts have compared it to the Patriot Act, which granted expanded powers to the U.S. government following Sept. 11, 2001, and the Venezuelan government insists that the new measures are necessary.Ahhhh, there we go. Sean Penn was right, there's absolutely nothing to worry about. You see, Chimpy McBushitler and the neoKKKons are really no different than Chavez, so why get bent out of shape?
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