On Dec. 13, 1981, Poland's communist government declared martial law to put down the Solidarity movement. Telephone lines went silent across the country, and once service was restored, each time anyone picked up the telephone they were greeted with a voice: "Rozmowa Kontrolowana."
"This conversation is being monitored.
...That dictatorships treat their citizens this way is no surprise. What is surprising is that democracies are beginning to do the same."
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