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Archive for August 12th, 2006

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Totally, er, Unwarranted

(Posted by Mona)
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Right-wing talk radio and the blogosphere has long been screeching that The New York Times helped the terrorists by reporting the existence of the illegal, warrantless surveillance that has systematically been going on at the National Security Agency under Bush. That the NYT didn’t report any operational details of the classified program [...]

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Hey, Maybe WE Could Make Them Wear Special Insignia!

Via Hit & Run, a poll indicating that 39% of Americans would like to make American Muslims carry special IDs. Saying, um, “Muslim” I guess. That’ll help. Meanwhile the most recent plot, whatever its extent turns out to be, fell apart because of a tipster from within the British Muslim community.
The more we alienate Muslims [...]