Yes, aside from AG Eric Holder addressing the supposedly banned CAIR, aside from Nancy Pelosi's Health Bill giving the feds the rights to invade every aspect of your personal finances to determined if you should be fined $15k or jailed in their new scheme to break the govt and us ....
While the actions of the Hasan's and others are dangerous and murderous, Jefferson and the founders warned over and over that over time the biggest threat to our individual freedoms and properties would be from OUR OWN GOVT.
Those ARE the facts.
In honor of the growing numbers of such items we are adding a new category here at Villagers with Torches : Just Imagine If Bush Did ItJustice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists
In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.
The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site "not to disclose the existence of this request" unless authorized by the Justice Department, a gag order that presents an unusual quandary for any news organization. Kristina Clair, a 34-year old Linux administrator living in Philadelphia who provides free server space for Indymedia.us, said she was shocked to receive the Justice Department's subpoena. (The Independent Media Center is a left-of-center amalgamation of journalists and advocates that - according to their principles of unity and mission statement - work toward "promoting social and economic justice" and "social change.")
The subpoena (PDF) from U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison in Indianapolis demanded "all IP traffic to and from www.indymedia.us" on June 25, 2008. It instructed Clair to "include IP addresses, times, and any other identifying information," including e-mail addresses, physical addresses, registered accounts, and Indymedia readers' Social Security Numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, and so on.
While the actions of the Hasan's and others are dangerous and murderous, Jefferson and the founders warned over and over that over time the biggest threat to our individual freedoms and properties would be from OUR OWN GOVT.
Those ARE the facts.