U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today has condemned the Chinese government's plans to spy on hotel guests during the Olympic Games.

"The Chinese government has put in place a system to spy on and gather information about every guest at hotels where Olympic visitors are staying," said U.S. Senator Sam Brownback. The conservative Republican from Kansas, citing hotel documents he received, added that journalists, athletes' families and others attending the Olympics next month "will be subjected to invasive intelligence-gathering" by China's Public Security Bureau. He said the agency will be monitoring Internet communications at the hotels.

Updates:
• IOC admits Internet censorship deal with China 7/30/2008 - Reuters
• China Angered by Lobbying on Rights 7/31/2008 - New York Times

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