the fbi seems to be above the bill of rights
Thank God that Ashcroft is in charge, because we wouldn't want the federal government to abridge the freedom of speech or the press as the First Amendment scrictly forbids.
Oh wait, the fucking FBI did. Yes, the FBI went over to London and forced Indymedia to shut down it's servers there, thereby shutting down "UK Indymedia, Belgium, African imcs, Palestine, UK, Germany, Brasil, Italy, Uruguay, Poland, Belgrade, Portugal and others". Not only is this comeplete and utter BULLSHIT taking down a legitimate news site, but in a foreign country? I don't think so. Furthermore, no one has offered an explanation of why this action was taken...something that smells the putrid stink of the Patriot Act to me.
To put it in perspective: In the summer of 2003, someone in the Whitehouse leaked the name of Valerie Plame as a CIA operative to Robert Novak, something against federal law, and the Bush administration stonewalled the investigation. Whatever the reason the FBI has for taking the action it has, it must be seen in the light of this...that the adminsitration can protect its own when it releases the names of CIA operatives in a game of retribution (Ms. Plume being the wife of Joseph Wilson, the ambassador that called the Whitehouse out on their Nigerian yellowcake exaggerations/lies), and yet will allow the FBI to completely shut down a media outlet for reasons they feel no need to explain.
It is getting really fucking hot in this handbasket we call America, I wonder where we're going...
Oh wait, the fucking FBI did. Yes, the FBI went over to London and forced Indymedia to shut down it's servers there, thereby shutting down "UK Indymedia, Belgium, African imcs, Palestine, UK, Germany, Brasil, Italy, Uruguay, Poland, Belgrade, Portugal and others". Not only is this comeplete and utter BULLSHIT taking down a legitimate news site, but in a foreign country? I don't think so. Furthermore, no one has offered an explanation of why this action was taken...something that smells the putrid stink of the Patriot Act to me.
To put it in perspective: In the summer of 2003, someone in the Whitehouse leaked the name of Valerie Plame as a CIA operative to Robert Novak, something against federal law, and the Bush administration stonewalled the investigation. Whatever the reason the FBI has for taking the action it has, it must be seen in the light of this...that the adminsitration can protect its own when it releases the names of CIA operatives in a game of retribution (Ms. Plume being the wife of Joseph Wilson, the ambassador that called the Whitehouse out on their Nigerian yellowcake exaggerations/lies), and yet will allow the FBI to completely shut down a media outlet for reasons they feel no need to explain.
It is getting really fucking hot in this handbasket we call America, I wonder where we're going...
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