From Asia Times
''Robert Johnson must be spitting fire in his bluesy grave because the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), for its 25th summit, is occupying Chicago like it was Kabul - with Americans treated as concentric circles of Taliban. The Department of Homeland Security has branded the summit a "National Special Security Event"; that means the Secret Service, in practice, has taken over Chicago.
It's lockdown time - complete with Iraq-style concrete barriers; battalions sporting upgraded riot gear; "extraction teams" to snatch and grab pinpointed protesters in a "low intensity conflict" environment; and an Orwellian guest star, the LRAD (long-range acoustic device) - a sound cannon bound to "ensure a consistent message is delivered to large crowds", according to the Chicago Police Department.''
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