“Anything goes in the US presidential elections, when it comes to lambasting and finding easy targets, but one of the oddest moves appeared Thursday, with the ‘Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus’ adding Italy and Switzerland to its black list. They join Russia, China and Ukraine on the list. Switzerland, according to the group of 46 members of Congress, acts as a ‘magnet’ for piracy. A key issue for the group appears to be strict Swiss data protection laws.”
http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/09/21/heat-seeking-us-election-rhetoric-finds-swiss-piracy/
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