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Old 03-08-2006, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldfart
A Western Australian man who has never been to the USA has had an extradition warrant sworn against him for an alleged copyright matter.


This one has scared/saddened/outraged a few people today:

Bush Declares War On Freedom Of The Press

'Using many of the questionable surveillance and monitoring techniques that brought both questions and criticism to his administration, President George W. Bush has launched a war against reporters who write stories unfavorable to his actions and is planning to prosecute journalists to make examples of them in his "war on terrorism."

'Bush recently directed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to use "whatever means at your disposal" to wiretap, follow, harass and investigate journalists who have published stories about the administration's illegal use of warrantless wiretaps, use of faulty intelligence and anything else he deems "detrimental to the war on terror."

More at: http://www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle15406.html

Canada's far from perfect on that front, too. The police have seized notes from reporters who have reported heavily on the Hell's Angels.
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