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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:01 PM
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Headed for Olympics? Beware of Big Brother
By KIRIT RADIA
March 20, 2008

If you're planning on attending this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, expect your hotel room to be bugged and searched while you're not there.

That's one of the warnings in a new fact sheet on the 2008 Olympics issued today by the U.S. State Department to Americans who intend to go to the games that are being hosted by the Chinese government.

"All visitors should be aware that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public or private locations," the fact sheet says. "All hotel rooms and offices are considered to be subject to on-site or remote technical monitoring at all times. Hotel rooms, residences and offices may be accessed at any time without the occupant's consent or knowledge."

This is similar to advice that U.S. officials visiting China follow. The U.S. military has been increasingly worried about Chinese electronic surveillance capabilities.


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4492008&page=1
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:05 PM
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1. I believe Agent Mike is attending the games also
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adarling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-21-08 02:09 PM
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2. i still don't understand how they won the games
they have horrible pollution that will affect the athletes and not to mention the human rights issues
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