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Indonesia's Controversial Intelligence Bill

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Oct 12, 2011
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Civil libertarians in Jakarta have been alarmed by the passage Tuesday of a bill that gives sweeping new powers to the State Intelligence Agency that critics fear will take the country back to the bad old days of the 30-year Suharto dictatorship and its all-powerful secret police.

The intelligence agency, known by the Indonesian language initials BIN, ha…

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