Tim Berners-Lee scolds 'hypocritical' West over spying

Secret courts, secret judges, secret police, secret torture, secret wars...<p>These acts are not what one would expect of a nation which was once the bastion of freedom for all the world, and I agree that the US &amp; UK have been acting hypocritical for far too long now.<p>Can the &quot;American Dream&quot; survive the current state of affairs?

Tim Berners-Lee&#x27;s opinion on this matter is as valuable as yours or mine, that is to say indeed valuable, but not to be made the subject of a news report.

Consider the use of the word &quot;scolds&quot; instead of &quot;blasts&quot;, &quot;criticizes&quot;, etc.

TBL himself is also hypocritical: British people read other people&#x27;s mail at CERN without their (even posterior) knowledge. I would be surprised indeed, if he wouldn&#x27;t know a thing about it -- yet he kept shut about it too.