Man Criticizes Government, News at 11

From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 04:49:02 MDT

Man Criticizes Government, Story at Eleven
by Ryan McMaken

If you're thinking about converting to Islam, you might want to
reconsider. The FBI has rounded up another Muslim convert and sent him
off to rot in prison for a secret crime in a secret place for a secret
amount of time. James Ernest Thompson, also known as James Ujaama is
thought to be in prison somewhere in Colorado, but the federal agents
who ransacked his home can neither confirm nor deny that he was even
arrested. And thank God. Ujaama is suspected of giving laptop computers
to Al-qaeda. Just think of all the military secrets that might be
released to the terrorists if the feds actually let us know if this
American citizen had been arrested or not.

Although Ujaama is suspected of giving tech support to terrorists during
his visits to Pakistan, he has yet to be charged with a crime. It's
possible that he's been charged with a crime, but we don't know because
the press was excluded from Ujaama's hearings in front of a federal
judge on Friday. Two local newspapers argued in court that maybe, just
maybe it would be nice to let the press in on this guy's trial, but they
were told to quit "aiding the terrorists." At least, that what I'm sure
ol' John Ashcroft would have said had he been there.

For the rest of the story, see
http://www.lewrockwell.com/mcmaken/mcmaken62.html

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