Homeland securities new agency;Ministerium für Statessicherheit.

[Matthew X]

"Including informants, the Stasi at one point would number one operative 
for every 66 East German citizens; so ruthless and efficient were they in 
their efforts to squelch dissent that even the KGB found itself 
occasionally appalled by the Stasi's methods."
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"Both IBM and Texas Instruments unknowingly employed Stasi spies who 
gathered information about computers and communications apparatus. Another 
group had developed a unique particle spray, similar to a chemical weapon, 
to spread over enemy communication stations and disrupt correspondence in 
case of war."
Mmm.
"Can you imagine a police informer for ever 6.5 persons in the country? All 
phones tapped. All packages/letters
from the "outside" world opened and usually kept (stolen). Can you imagine 
spending your life in a 6x6 cell in total
isolation. One young man (38y/o) lived for 9yrs, till his death, like that. 
Six medical students spent 3 to 11yrs in
prison just for applying for a VISA! "
Its getting easier.