US hypocrisy alert — Internet "suppression"

So, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns other countries, like Egypt of just a week or so ago, not to suppress Internet access.

"There is no silver bullet in the struggle against Internet repression," she says in excerpts released Monday night by the State Department. "There's no 'app' for that. And accordingly, we are taking a comprehensive and innovative approach - one that matches our diplomacy with technology, secure distribution networks for tools, and direct support for those on the front lines."

Spying on citizens Internet transmissions without a warrant?

Allowing industry consolidations and weak regulations that drive up price?

THOSE are OK.

Well, they're OK in the U.S. of A.

Despite the official D.C. Village bullshit party line:

Despite the Obama administration's own problems with an unfettered Internet, most notably the release of hundreds of thousands of sensitive diplomatic documents by the WikiLeaks website, Clinton says that the U.S. is unwavering in its commitment to cyber freedom, even as it seeks to prosecute online criminals and terrorists.

"Our allegiance to the rule of law does not dissipate in cyberspace, neither does our commitment to protecting civil liberties and human rights," she says. "There are times when these principles will raise tensions and pose challenges, but we do not have to choose among them. And we shouldn't. Together they comprise the foundation of a free and open Internet."

And, there's that off-putting hypocritical use of "rule of law" again.

Please.

Another lecture from the U.S., with the laughable follow-up of State Department Twitter feeds in Arabic and Persian, easily monitored, I'll venture, by foreign governments.