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Saturday, November 13, 2004

Orange Alert

posted by Ron Beasley at 11/13/2004 09:36:00 AM

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Juan Cole brings us this story on our government protecting us from "terrorists".
It is a good thing that Bob Dylan has US citizenship, otherwise he might be in the same fix as Cat Stevens (a.k.a. Yusuf Islam). The mere singing of a 1963 song, "Masters of War," at a Colorado High School brought in the Secret Police.

Now we know why Usamah Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri haven't been caught. The US security services are busy sifting through old lyrics looking for the real terrorists.
The bad news for Dylan is
The (un-)"Patriot Act II" allows the government to strip people of their US citizenship.