The Patriot Act suffers another welcome blow:
"In a stinging defeat for prosecutors, a former Florida professor accused of helping lead a terrorist group that has carried out suicide bombings against Israel was acquitted on nearly half the charges against him Tuesday, and the jury deadlocked on the rest.
"The case against Sami Al-Arian, 47, had been seen as one of the biggest courtroom tests yet of the Patriot Act's expanded search-and-surveillance powers."
I have been following this case with interest. It appears that the man may have been targeted because he was Palestinian and a vocal critic of Israel:
"Al-Arian, a Palestinian who was born in Kuwait, has lived in the United States since 1975. He was granted permanent-resident status in 1989 and denied U.S. citizenship in 1996. He was fired from the university shortly after he was indicted."
"In a stinging defeat for prosecutors, a former Florida professor accused of helping lead a terrorist group that has carried out suicide bombings against Israel was acquitted on nearly half the charges against him Tuesday, and the jury deadlocked on the rest.
"The case against Sami Al-Arian, 47, had been seen as one of the biggest courtroom tests yet of the Patriot Act's expanded search-and-surveillance powers."
I have been following this case with interest. It appears that the man may have been targeted because he was Palestinian and a vocal critic of Israel:
"Al-Arian, a Palestinian who was born in Kuwait, has lived in the United States since 1975. He was granted permanent-resident status in 1989 and denied U.S. citizenship in 1996. He was fired from the university shortly after he was indicted."
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It's also notable because he loathesome Bill O'Reilly made a big deal out of nabbing al-Arian, and surely he will acknowledge clearly and prominently on his next program that he was not only wrong but an immoral hateful bastard for doing so.
The legal system makes mistakes, to be sure, but if someone is found innocent - and indeed, the case seems politically motivated - we should be concerned.
unless, of course, you believe that dissenters should be jailed.
In other words, you're a fascist.
'Dissenter' and 'fascist' as they tend to be used these days (and other such names) are examples of Weasel Words
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