'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

The State Department is investigating charges that Syrian diplomats are spying on Syrian anti-government demonstrators in Washington and other U.S. cities in order to intimidate their relatives in the restive Middle Eastern nation.
"It would be outrageous for any foreign government to do this in the United States. But the fact that this is the Syrian regime that is doing this and is reportedly using the information against families or associates of people here in the United States makes it even worse," Mr. Singh said.
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Michael Singh, managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said the allegations against Mr. Moustapha are "beyond the pale."
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