It can't happen here, right?

From Dissident jailed 'after Yahoo handed evidence to police' by Jane Macartney Times of London 02/10/06:

The American internet company Yahoo! provided evidence to Chinese police that enabled them to imprison one of its users, according to allegations that came to light yesterday.

The disclosure marked the second time in months that the company had been accused of helping China to put someone in jail. Li Zhi, a civil servant, was imprisoned on charges of trying to subvert state power after he criticised corruption and tried to join the dissident China Democracy Party. (my emphasis)

Pay no attention to that NSA warrantless spying program, people. Only bad people are being targeted. Besides, China is, you know, Communist or something.

Or maybe something like this was what Steve Earle had in mind in his song "Conspiracy Theory":

What if I told you it was done with mirrors
What if I showed you it was all a lie
Better be careful, someone might hear ya
The walls have ears and the sky has eyes
What if I said you were only dreamin'
What you wanna bet that all you gotta do
Is open up your eyes and you will wake up screamin'
When you realize that it's all come true

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