National Review
by US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)

12/15/05

[W]ith 14 percent of the world's population online, the Internet has become a powerful weapon for democracy, one that helps create that most dangerous and subversive of all threats to totalitarian regimes -- a well-informed citizenry. Censoring the Internet, compromising its technical underpinnings, submitting it to bureaucratic control, or subjecting its administration to brutal dictatorships would mean turning our backs on one of today's greatest instruments of freedom. The success of our policies in support of freedom and democracy requires new initiatives to combat totalitarian and authoritarian controls on news and information online. We must guard against the jamming and jailing of Internet users, and we must be watchful of the power plays of supranational organizations such as the United Nations...

http://www.nationalreview.com/voices/roslehtinen200512150829.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp