International norms, such as freedom of navigation, will be weakened.
"More and more people have accepted 'internet-era values' such as freedom of speech," he said.
Volunteers spend weeks drilling the students on American rights and values, such as freedom of religion.
"Privacy enables rights such as freedom of speech, of assembly and association, very directly," says Bernal.
Modern developments such as Freedom Park are reconciling the ghosts of the past.
There was no place for ideas such as freedom, free choice, human initiative or dignity.
Organizations such as Freedom House have the duty to focus our attention on human rights abuses.
Political campaigns have returned, targeting pro-Western ideas, such as freedom of speech and assembly.
It denigrates the rights that most Australians think important, such as freedom from discrimination or being sacked for being pregnant.
The conversation around privacy could shift if it's more explicitly tied to ideas such as freedom of expression.
"I couldn't have imagined," he said, "that spreading ideas such as freedom and democracy would lead to something so horrible".
