Ok, here's the issue with this article:

"party-run publications and Web sites have vehemently denounced constitutionalism and civil society"

Seriously? I rather doubt a one-party system is going to openly denounce civil society. The human desire for civility is the only thing that keeps despots from being murdered in the street.

This is also a problem with HN's voting system. The headline of this is totally missing the point. On HN, the headline should read

> NYT puppet of NSA? "party publications ... vehemently denounced ... civil society