On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:24:04 -0600
"Scott Dier" <dieman+tclug at ringworld.org> wrote:

> * Bill Layer <blayer at qwest.net> [011213 10:53]:
> > Is this an honest-to-god news blackout that I am witnessing? Anyone
else
> > heard of this story?
> 
> Naa, likely lots of retractions based on this:
> 
> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/293127

Oh right... We all thought it was an outbreak of Hemmorhagic fever, but it
turned out to be just another government weather baloon ;) I don't believe
a single word of it. 

The article you posted is over two months old... the story as I read it
was evolving as recently as several days ago. This was not 'old news'.
Also, did you listen to Art Bell's comments last night? He went on at some
length about the fact that the story was pulled from the sources that he
had quoted.

In this war, we are witnessing the most egregious erosion of our personal
liberties in the history of this country. Secret Presidential Military
Tribunals? Loss of attourney-client privilege? Roaming wiretaps? Secret
witnesses? Sealed evidences? Carnivore? Magic Lantern? And hey, indefinite
detentions are old news... 

Times are changing in America, and it stinks to high heaven.

Just my one rant,


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