Links: CIA blogger fired; blogs and human rights in China; the eBay of China cracks down

• CIA contractor/blogger gets the boot after criticizing torture
  BEA Systems fired one of its employees who works at the CIA and operates an intranet blog (i.e., not accessible from the World Wide Web) after she criticized torture. Interestingly, this was a condoned activity until she criticized U.S. policy. There are other CIA bloggers on the Internet too, says the Washington Post report.


• Rebecca MacKinnon on human rights in China -- the cost of censorship
  This Harvard Berkman Ctr. blogger weighs in censorship in China, blogging, and her recent, not-secret-anymore trip to China.


• Chinese online auction firm cracks down on counterfeits
  Taobao.com, The eBay of China, is cracking down on companies that auction counterfeit goods. From ChinaTechNews.com.