Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Toledo Blade journalists who were detained and whose cameras were confiscated by military security have filed complaints with the FBI, saying their First Amendment rights were violated by the Department of Army Police. The Blade reports that reporter Tyrel Linkhorn and photographer Jetta Fraser shared their experience with the FBI on…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A government activist named Dan McCall has been selling T-shirts that make fun of the NSA and Homeland Security by using the official seals. One shirt read, “U.S. Department of Homeland Stupidity.” Another: “The NSA: The only part of government that actually listens.” After discovering the re-appropriated logos, the federal agencies tried…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Minnesota man who was selling parody T-shirts, mugs and other souvenirs featuring the logos of the NSA and DHS received a cease-and-desist order claiming the seals can’t be reproduced without permission. That was two years ago. On Tuesday, LibertyManiacs.com owner Dan McCall filed suit against the federal agencies, saying he has…
By James Ball The Guardian Would you trust a politician if your liberty depended on it? Day to day, it’s something journalists in America are having to do, whether they’re aware of it or not. The politician in question is Attorney General Eric Holder, and the key quote in question is his vow to Congress:…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A judge ruled Thursday that authorities must release from a psychiatric hospital a former Marine under FBI investigation for posting anti-government messages on Facebook, the Washington Times reports. Prince George County Circuit Judge W. Allan Sharrett ordered the release of Brandon Raub because there was not sufficient basis to hold him. Raub, who…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Supporters of a former Marine who was forced into psychiatric care for posting anti-government messages on Facebook say authorities are violating his First Amendment rights, the Washington Post reports. Brandon J. Raub, 26, has been in custody since Thursday after the FBI, Secret Service and local police became alarmed by ominous Facebook…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The tension between federal law enforcement and the Muslim community here continues to ebb and flow. On Friday, it was flowing. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) was scheduled on Friday in Detroit to announce that it is suing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It is a fundamentally American right to criticize one’s government, to speak out against wrongful policies–a patriotic act, some would say. But how much dissent is possible if one’s job is to enforce existing laws, whether one agrees with them or not? Legislative change is reserved for political channels, after all–not…
