December 17, 2005

This is Why the Patriot Act Should be Repealed

So, now you can expect a visit from Homeland Security for reading long dead political manifestos. What's next?

BTW, I haven't heard of anti-American Maoist, Stalinist, terrorism in a long time.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-05/12-17-05/a09lo650.htm

Posted by Chris at December 17, 2005 09:30 PM
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Turns out that was a hoax.

Posted by: sam on December 26, 2005 07:20 AM

Whoops. here's the URL: http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/12/24/students_tall_tale_revealed/

Posted by: sam on December 26, 2005 07:21 AM

There were some rumblings along these lines last week, but no confirmations - indeed, most of the hoax claims pointed at the Professors and the fact the the reporters in the original story never actually interviewed the student in question.

The undfortunate thing is that the neo-cons are going to use this as an example of "liberal" attempts to discredit the Bush Administration, or to show the machinations of the "liberal" media. It may also derail attempts to repeal the Patriot Act, or add needed protections for civil liberties to the thing.

Posted by: Chris on December 26, 2005 06:50 PM