So it's all right if America does it - but if this kind of stuff happened in Cuba, for example, I imagine it'd be denounced as an example of intolerable tyranny. And that's what it would be.

But who could take seriously that kind of criticism from the USA now? They've given the green light to a new level of Governmental intrusion everywhere. All in the name of defending freedom.

It appears that George Orwell correctly anticipated the three slogans of Big Brother's regime:

"...WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH..."