It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else. (Noam Chomsky)

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

Noam Chomsky

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