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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a press conference to outline the new austerity measures at the Chigi Palace premier office in Rome, Wednesday, May 26, 2010.
Monday, May. 31, 2010

Open quoteThis is a nation where if you can't be blackmailed, you'll never get ahead. Close quote

  • BEPPE GRILLO,
  • Italian political activist and blogger, on wiretaps ensaring politicians and other public figures that are regularly leaked to the Italian press; Silvio Berlusconi's government is trying to restrict the ability of the courts to wiretap phones
Photo: Riccardo De Luca / AP | Source: NYT