There he was arrested on September 24 at a motel room for allegedly listening to a police scanner and relaying information on Twitter to help protesters avoid heavily-armed cops -- an activity the State Department lauded when it happened in Iran. ...

But a closer look at the court documents leaves the unmistakable impression that Elliott Madison is yet another casualty of the government's nasty, post-9/11 habit of considering political dissidents as threats to national security.

this piece from cnn is remarkable for not just going: "anarchist" rioters! anti-government insane people! etc. indeed, the very notion that we do not live in an entirely free society is for the most part unrepresentable in our media. so, um, good job.

Comments

[SillyWilly]

Well, no wonder. They got it from WIRED. I'll give them credit for knowing where to go for the real intel, but also knock them down one for not doing their homework.

Anderson Cooper, check your brain.

[Rik Little]

Everybody MUST get scanners.

[sglover]

I followed a link to the write-up, and was astonished that anything with that sort of tone was on CNN.

[Bracken]

I think lot of people can identify with baldy, like the dudes at gamestop or electronics boutique, I think this strikes me as a firestarter issue. For anyone who buys 30 racks of Mountain Dew watches Buffy and in there free-time tries admirably to be a good person. I say hawk one up for these admirable closet dwellers, and take a shot at the feds.