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“If you’re a journalist in Greece and you report on corruption, that’s a
threat to national security in the eyes of some. In Poland or Hungary,
national security is considered compromised if an opposition politician
polemicizes against the government. The term is completely vague;
anything can be justified with it. Under this guise, governments or
private individuals can simply spy away if they have the appropriate
tools.”