[B5JMS] And So It Begins...

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From: frank at exit.com (Frank Mayhar)
Date: 1 Apr 2003 07:47:57 -0800
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In article <20030331151631.26098.00000381 at mb-fd.aol.com>,
Jms at B5 <jmsatb5 at aol.com> wrote:
>>*Really*?   So you are about to get that knock on your door for speaking out?
>On the other hand, we are hearing about more and more cases of people being
>arrested for expressing an anti-war sentiment. 

Or for nothing much at all.  I refer you to the site "Free Mike Hawash"
at http://www.freemikehawash.org/.  This man is being held without charge
in federal prison as a "material witness."  A "material witness" for what,
no one outside of the Justice Department knows, all warrants and subpoenas
have been sealed by the court at the U.S. government's request.

So, that knock may not come for speaking out, it may come for no reason
at all.  Particularly if you are Middle Eastern or are of Middle Eastern
descent.
-- 
Frank Mayhar frank at exit.com	http://www.exit.com/
Exit Consulting                 http://www.gpsclock.com/



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 01 Apr 2003 22:14:55 GMT
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>I refer you to the site "Free Mike Hawash"
>at http://www.freemikehawash.org/.  This man is being held without charge
>in federal prison as a "material witness."  A "material witness" for what,
>no one outside of the Justice Department knows, 

This is one of the more troubling trends of late.  Anybody can, for any reason,
be declared a "material witness" or a person of interest, and held without
access to attorneys, judges, family members or anyone else, for an
indeterminate period of time.  This includes US citizens.  We have no idea how
many people are being held, or why, or for how long.

The only hints we *do* get are when people are finally released for lack of any
kind of evidence, which a few were last month, but this only after being held
in captivity for *months*.


 jms

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