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The Weekly Standard mentality and the Senate Intelligence Committee
A bipartisan Senate bill is grounded in the belief that good corporate citizens obey orders from the president even when the ordered actions are against the law.
Glenn Greenwald [2007-10-19]

  • We Are All Terrorists

    While the impunity with which laws can be broken by a mere drop of the buzzword "terrorism", let's not forget the other half of that equation: the ease with which "old crimes" can now be relabelled "terrorist acts". This from 2001-02:

    "ACT-UP/SF activist David Pasquarelli and AIDS accountability Project activist Michael Petrelis were given felony terrorism charges for their alleged participation in a phone, fax and email "zap" to bring attention to AIDS corruption and oppose the dangerous quarantine plans contained in the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act. Bail was set at a punitive 1.1 million dollars for the pair. Finally, the bail was reduced and the men were freed after spending 72 days in jail."

    The charges were dismissed on a "technicality".

    http://www.whatisaids.com/media112901.htm

    Not only is whoever freely listening in, they are free to interpret almost any speech or act of dissent or civil disobedience as "terrorism", and make sure you rot while trying to clear yourself.

    -- MacDonald
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    Friday, October 19, 2007 07:09 AM
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