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U.S. Crushes Swedish Civil Liberties in War on Piracy

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From a grassy knoll somewhere in Sweden, the view is that some Wikileaks releases reveal "lapdoggery" to U.S. by Swedish government on piracy issues.According to the author, Rick Falkvinge, "Among the treasure troves of recently released WikiLeaks cables, we find one whose significance has bypassed Swedish media. In short: every law proposal, every ordinance, and every governmental report hostile to the net, youth, and civil liberties here in Sweden in recent years have been commissioned by the US government and industry interests."

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