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Becky Akers is a writer in New York City.Articles »
Yearning to Breathe Free
Posted in Articles on 1 October 2009
Stats: 85 views and 9 Comments Americans cry ever more loudly for Leviathan to increase its unconstitutional power. Yet each time we clamor for the feds to restrict foreigners’ movements, we tighten our own bonds.
Posted in Articles on 1 October 2009
Stats: 85 views and 9 Comments Americans cry ever more loudly for Leviathan to increase its unconstitutional power. Yet each time we clamor for the feds to restrict foreigners’ movements, we tighten our own bonds.
A Million terrorists?
Posted in The Freeman on 2 December 2008
Stats: 21 views and No Comments In July the federal government added the millionth name to its “Terrorism Watch List”—and it may have been yours. Comprising just 16 names on September 11, 2001, this modern blacklist now functions as a catchall and cover for federal intelligence agencies. Since no one wants to be accused of overlooking a terrorist, bureaucrats have added names willy-nilly over the last seven years, to the tune of 20,000 a month. The ACLU maintains a website with a counter: it has now hit the magic million.
Posted in The Freeman on 2 December 2008
Stats: 21 views and No Comments In July the federal government added the millionth name to its “Terrorism Watch List”—and it may have been yours. Comprising just 16 names on September 11, 2001, this modern blacklist now functions as a catchall and cover for federal intelligence agencies. Since no one wants to be accused of overlooking a terrorist, bureaucrats have added names willy-nilly over the last seven years, to the tune of 20,000 a month. The ACLU maintains a website with a counter: it has now hit the magic million.
