> All sovereign states--be they allies or rogues--have a legitimate claim to and expectation of privacy where their internal dealings are concerned.
They're governments. They don't have any rights and as local monopolists of violence certainly don't have any expectation of laxity in others' vigilance.
They're governments. They don't have any rights and as local monopolists of violence certainly don't have any expectation of laxity in others' vigilance.