From the People Who Brought You Tiannenman Square and the continued asskicking of Tibet

Are now citing BushCo's torture policy as justification:

"Chinese spokesman Qin Gang has accused the United States of 'exercising double standards on human rights issues' in its condemnation of his country. There is little question that we are applying a double standard when both the President and Congress has struggled to preserve a well-defined form of torture. This hypocrisy will become more acute when our soldiers are waterboarded by other countries who will quote the President and various members of Congress in saying that it is perfectly appropriate."

As cruel and unhinged as he was, I'm not sure this is result Nixon had in mind when he went to China.

Nevertheless, they are one up on us: They don't need no stinking FISA courts in China. The telecoms have full immunity there.