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Think Progress now has this up
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/05/suskind-ra-detained/
In the acknowledgments of his new book, Pulitzer-Prize winner Ron Suskind writes that his research assistant was “detained by federal agents” and “interrogated” while on a trip to New York related to the book. Politco’s Mike Allen reports:Suskind writes in the acknowledgments that his research assistant, Greg Jackson, “was sent to New York on a project for the book” in September 2007 and was “detained by federal agents in Manhattan. He was interrogated and his notes were confiscated, violations of his First and Fourth Amendment rights.” The author provides no further detail.
Boy, I sure am glad Democrats recently voted to expand the powers of the "Terrorist Surveillance Program." No chance it would be abused, or that someone like Suskind would ever be a target for surveillance.
