"Free-Speech Zone” -- The administration quarantines dissent

[jokerman93]

December 15, 2003 issue
Copyright © 2003 The American Conservative
"Free-Speech Zone”
The administration quarantines dissent.
By James Bovard

On Dec. 6, 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft informed the Senate Judiciary Committee, “To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty … your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and … give ammunition to America’s enemies.” Some commentators feared that Ashcroft’s statement, which was vetted beforehand by top lawyers at the Justice Department, signaled that this White House would take a far more hostile view towards opponents than did recent presidents. And indeed, some Bush administration policies indicate that Ashcroft’s comment was not a mere throwaway line.

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http://www.amconmag.com/12_15_03/feature.html

[tabasco]

1. Unbelievable suppression of free speech in the USA

Interesting anti-Bush conservative site.

[kalian]

2. Yeah, it might be an "anti-Bush" conservative site...but....

the freepers will just call them traitors... :eyes:

[pinto]

3. article is one of those "telling" pictures of this Admin...

highlights in personal terms the limiting of Constitutionally protected freedoms in the US by the US.

Not earth shattering, perhaps, in and of itself, but a poignant reminder what we stand to lose.

Dems would do well to carry this message.

[dodgerartful]

4. scary, just plain old

scary to me. I feel some more signs in the front yard going up today....