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.