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A Canadian briefing report on US strategy (obtained under the federal Access to Information Act) shows US foreign policy in an easy to comprehend light.

I especially like this summary:

“The document notes that in the fight against tyranny, history teaches that other states may not act unless the U.S. does its part. Some of this can perhaps be dismissed as hyperbole used to justify the policies of an increasingly unpopular president. To do so, however, would ignore a long and historic trend in which such concepts lie at the core of American selfdefinition and, at times, US foreign policy.”

When reading these summaries of the American state, inevitably I reflect on how true this is, or is not, for American individuals on a case-by-case basis.

Keyword: “act”.

Canadian visas have been tested with radio frequency transmitters. Ottawa is now analyzing the results. The article claims that the US is using such RFID technology to monitor when folks enter or exit the country — i.e. at the border only, but not within the country.

Doubtful but that’s their story, eh.