news_purge/information_overload

obamessiah
rapper common: obama will change hip-hop
(incidentally, common's new record is 'universal mind control')*
obama's problems will come from the angry left*
israel 'has faith in team obama'*
holder had role in okc murder coverup*
clinton ineligible for secretary of state*
scotus will reject obama citizenship case*
tiny crowd prays scotus will invalidate obama presidency*
'the real bill ayers' by william ayers*
obama, the new presidential slumlord for america's rich*
decision on obama citizenship pending*
the election of the greatest con-man in recent history*
obama may keep cia chief. ugggh.*
court won't review obama's eligibility to serve*
scotus won't hear challenge to obama's citizenship*
obama & the world crisis*
the hayden record: condoning torture, destroying evidence & misleading congress*
obama: don't stock up on guns*
liberals voice concerns about obama*
court won't review obama's citizenship*
scotus dismisses appeal on obama's citizenship*
time to get over obama birth rumor*
pda director discourages liberals from attacking obama*
obama says climate change a matter of national security*
obama aims to 'reboot US image' in the muslim world*
sec of state salary cut for hillary*
obama will nuke iran if israel nuked, official says*
obama's nuclear remark was 'cowboy' talk, says tehran*

police state int'l
hatfill anthrax documents released*
top dhs/ice official hires illegals*
new world order being taught in schools*
hopping robots display pack instinct*
drone to keep watch on US/canada border*
it must be '1984': 'big brother' snoops & brits don't mind*
drone lands in north dakota in preparation for border patrol*
fake simpsons cartoon 'is porn'*
20 states’ drivers licenses use facial recognition technology*
the panopticon economy*
air force seeks (non-lethal) city stopper*
chinese dissidents get sent to mental ward*
video: the masonic chip program*
gates memo announces final assimilation of national guard & reserve*
ammunition accountability: maybe we’d better take this bill seriously*

econocrash
swat team holds family at gunpoint for hours*
repair rhode island roads w/ more tolls, taxes & fees*
milwaukee neighborhoods could print their own money*
swat team conducts food raid in rural ohio*
angry laid-off workers occupy factory in chicago*
fed approves chinese bank ccb to open office in US*
'father of the amero' herbert grubel speaks about a common north american currency*
financial times editorial admits agenda for dictatorial world government*
npr layoffs looming*
national food stamp surge amplified in wv*
corporate newspaper columnist backpedals on world government story*
the big 3 for wall street's new world order*

ron paul
with only 1,400 or so days until election day 2012, ron paul ponders another run*
ron paul warns that US will support israeli attack on iran*
ron paul warns of secret plans to create international central bank*
ron paul: world central bank is on its way*
gun control: protecting terrorists & despots*
ron paul: printing money only prolongs the pain*

9/11
fox news 5 reports wtc7 collapse before it happens*
sec foia response for wtc7 records bibliography*
after 9/11, rove pressured the entertainment industry ‘to produce propaganda’*
gainesville talk radio host supports 9/11 truth*
'rescue me' to feature 9/11 conspiracy plot *
dennis leary firefighters show to tackle 9/11 conspiracy theories*
video: 'baby elephant'*
wtc7: nist finally admits freefall*
former isi chief: mumbai & 9/11 both 'inside jobs'*
alleged 9/11 conspirators will confess & plead guilty*
alleged 9/11 plotters offer confessions*
turley: 'strange alliance' between bush & ksm*
‘strange alliance’ between bush & 9/11 mastermind*
tortured patsies 'confess' to 9/11*
ex-isi chief gul exposes 9/11 as inside job*
additions to 9/11 timeline as of dec8: day of 9/11 & londonistan*
lm native's movie thriller conjures up a 9/11 conspiracy*
9/11 families protest fairness of gitmo trials*

ww3watch
with wmd attack likely, can the US cope?*
depression signs, jfcom, hotel security & missile defense*
5 blackwater guards charged for iraq massacre*
gingrich says israel should set deadline for attack on iran*
scotus agrees to hear case of only ‘enemy combatant’ held in america*
israeli 'auto kill zone' towers locked & loaded*
US shoots downs missile in simulation of long-range attack*
pentagon expanding number of foreigners recruited*
blackwater guards all decorated vets*
new 'tensions' in jerusalem’s arab neighborhoods*
1000s protest stephen harper in toronto*
1000s protest pm harper in toronto*
freedom’s watch officially closing down*
accused blackwater shooters face trial in dc*
world govt & raytheon missile defense*
economic peril, dhs hollywood, gmd, pmc updates*
computer malware the new 'weapon of mass destruction'*
photo: georgia guidestones vandalized*
greek violence flares for 6th day*
bioterror scare, china russia war games, lockheed*

spies, lies & fbi, kbr, ss sex, spitzer, byrd, hatfill & more

the big apple's eyeing you
from nypost: They're watching you. The NYPD's plan to have 5,000 cameras trained on every sidewalk crack south of Canal Street has begun in a space-age hub that will be operating by the end of the month. The "Ring of Steel" command center - which will keep 24-hour watch on high-profile targets like the World Trade Center site, the Stock Exchange and the Brooklyn Bridge - is on the 28th floor of a nondescript building at 55 Broadway. Modeled after a highly touted network in London, the $89 million Lower Manhattan Security Initiative will fight crime and terrorism by blanketing the 1.7 square miles with 500 cameras. The feds will pick up $70 million of the cost. Police intend to be using 2,000 cameras by 2009 and 3,000 by 2011. They also hope to tap into images from an additional 2,000 private cameras.

id card on track says uk govt
from zdnet: This just in on the ongoing ID Card issue. (BTW Bruce Schneier says we shouldn't get all hot and bothered over ID cards as they are just a temporary technology before unseen biometrics take over) Here is the government release in full for you to chew over: Identity card delivery on time and on budget announces Home Secretary

fbi finds most terrorism threat reports baseless
from reuters: The FBI tracked about 108,000 potential terrorism threats or suspicious incidents from mid-2004 to November 2007, but most were found groundless, a Justice Department review found on Friday. The department's office of inspector general gave the figure in an audit of the FBI's terrorism case-tracking system, called Guardian, launched in 2002 after the September 11 attacks. "The FBI determined that the overwhelming majority of the threat information documented in Guardian had no nexus to terrorism. However, as a result of information reported in Guardian the FBI initiated over 600 criminal and terrorism-related investigations from October 2006 to December 2007," the inspector general's report said. The report did not discuss the result of the investigations.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Threat and Suspicious Incident Tracking System, Audit Report 09-02, November 2008 (1.3mb PDF)

kbr to provide power during emergencies
from upi: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has contracted KBR to provide power during emergency or disaster situations. U.S. company KBR was awarded a $75 million deal from the Army Corps or Engineers for disaster relief services. Under the contract, KBR will supply emergency power for the Western region of the United States in case of a natural or manmade disaster. KBR officials say during an emergency situation they will provide labor, transportation and equipment, among other services, to support power requirements for designated critical public facilities. "This award allows KBR the opportunity to expand our capabilities portfolio in the government and infrastructure business to include emergency response, an area of growth due to recent natural disasters," Bruce Stanski, KBR government and infrastructure president, said in a statement. "We look forward to continuing our relationship with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in this new area and are committed to providing the premier services the Army Corps has come to expect of KBR."

US secret service officer arrested in hooker sting
from wikinews: A United States Secret Service officer has been arrested in Washington, D.C. after allegedly soliciting a prostitute for sex. The prostitute turned out to be an undercover D.C. police officer. The Secret Service officer was using his official Secret Service patrol car, which was marked, and was also in full uniform at the time of the arrest. The unnamed Secret Service officer, a sergeant, was arrested after allegedly agreeing to pay the undercover police officer US$20 to receive oral sex. After agreeing on a price, the undercover officer told the Secret Service officer to drive around the corner, where the sex act would take place. When he stopped his car, he was arrested by police officers.

spitzer won't face charges for scandal
from washington post: Former New York governor Eliot L. Spitzer will not face criminal charges for his role in a prostitution scandal that drove him from office this year, prosecutors announced yesterday. [nov6] Investigators for the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service uncovered no evidence that Spitzer had misused public or campaign money to pay women employed by the Emperors Club VIP, a high-priced New York prostitution ring.

byrd steps down as chair of appropriations committee
from thinkprogress: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) announced today [nov7] that he will voluntarily step down as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Jan. 6. Byrd, who is the longest-serving senator in American history, said in a statement that he made the decision “only after much personal soul searching, and after being sure of the substantial Democratic pickup of seats in the Senate. I am now confident that stepping aside as chairman will not adversely impact my home state of West Virginia,” he said. Democrats had been hoping that Byrd would “step aside voluntarily” due concerns that he was “not up to the immense challenges he would face in that job.” Byrd will be replaced by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)

newspapers seek gov't documents in anthrax inquiry
from ap: Two newspapers asked a federal judge Wednesday to make public several documents relating to a former Army scientist who was named as a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax attacks and later exonerated. The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times want the government's search warrants and supporting documents involving Stephen Hatfill, who was eventually cleared in the anthrax attacks and was awarded $5.8 million in a lawsuit accusing the Justice Department of violating his privacy. Normally, search warrants would be sealed for a person who has not been charged or indicted, lawyers said. But the public has a right to know why investigators wanted to search Hatfill's home and on what basis the courts agreed to allow those searches, the newspapers argued in U.S. District Court. "The public has a right to know why he was targeted," said Jeanette Melendez Bead, lawyer for the newspapers.

new rule kicks patriot act foes 'right in the teeth'
from raw story: The Bush administration has been planning since last spring to issue a final burst of federal regulations just before leaving office. It was recently announced that over 90 new regulations would be finalized before November 22 - 60 days prior to the end of Bush's term - making them difficult, though not impossible, for President Obama to reverse. Although many of the regulations have to do with energy and the environment, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow noted on Tuesday that there's also "one that'll kick opponents of the Patriot Act right in the teeth."

anthrax updates: leahy, boyle, grassley, coverups & 2 groups

leahy not satisfied with the anthrax investigation
from empty wheel: The biggest news from a blogger chat with Patrick Leahy at the DNC today came in response to a question I threw out as we adjourned - about whether or not he was convinced with the FBI's case in the anthrax case. We had this exchange:

emptywheel: Do you think Ivins acted alone? Are you convinced Ivins sent the anthrax letters?

Leahy: No, I'm not satisfied. I think someone was involved either before or after. I'm not satisfied with the answers I've gotten.

I suggested that he had seen significantly more evidence than the public had seen-he gave me a funny look; I'm not sure what that meant. He said SJC will do a hearing with Mueller in mid-September. Leahy expects some hard questions from both Democrats and Republicans.

govt biological weapons legislator: anthrax inside job coverup continuing
from steve watson: A former government biological weapons legislator appeared on the nationally syndicated Alex Jones show yesterday to discuss his detailed knowledge of the cover up of the 2001 anthrax attacks, which he is adamant were perpetrated by criminal elements of the US government in an attempt to foment a police state by killing off opposition to hardline post 9/11 legislation. Dr Francis A. Boyle literally helped write the law with regards to terrorism, as he was responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 that was passed unanimously by both Houses of Congress and signed into law by President Bush Snr.

charles grassley on the anthrax investigation
from glenn greenwald: For today's edition of Salon Radio, I spoke with GOP Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa who, to his credit, has been the leading critic in the Senate of the FBI's anthrax investigation. Sen. Grassley wrote an August 7 letter to Attorney General Mukasey and FBI Director Mueller complaining about the FBI's secrecy and botched investigation and demanding answers to multiple key questions. In the interview, Sen. Grassley reveals that the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Pat Leahy (of which Grassley is a member), will now hold hearings to investigate the FBI's case against Bruce Ivins.

project anthrax & the coverup (part6): vaxgen's donald francis & aids; the thai experiments; the mailings as fascist 'cinical trials'
from alex constantine: The anthrax mailings and the development of vaccines were inseparable projects - these involved animal and human experimentation. On August 3, 2008, USA Today explained the work that Dr. Ivins did at Ft. Detrick, specificially - terminal animal experiments:

"Ivins performed research that required exposing research animals to airborne anthrax, according to a 1998 report in the journal Vaccine. The goal was to test whether a new vaccine could guard against anthrax inhaled in a bioterrorist attack." The strain of anthrax employed "in Ivins' vaccine experiments was a wet form sprayed into the faces of macaque monkeys through a mask."

top anthrax expert: 'maybe there's 2 groups' of anthrax killers
from george washington: William Patrick is the leading U.S. expert on weaponizing anthrax, and has multiple patents in anthrax weaponization. Patrick made an interesting point in a November 2001 article in USA Today:

Further complicating things, the spores contained in the first attack, on a Florida media company, have been described by investigators as a clumpy powder, which would make a poor aerosol. Only two weeks later, the finely prepared Daschle-letter spores appeared. Those spores were ground so fine that they apparently drifted across offices and contaminated other letters in the mail. The same strain of anthrax was used in all the attacks, suggesting a common source.

The bioterrorists "must have had a hell of a short learning curve," says Patrick, who headed U.S. bioweapons work until the program's halt in 1969. "Or maybe there's two groups."

In other words, either a single killer or group of killers went from a crude anthrax preparation to an extremely advanced weaponized form of anthrax in 2 weeks, or there were two groups of killers.

The anthrax sent in the first letters was coarse, brown, "sandlike", and clumpy. The anthrax sent to Daschle and Leahy was white and very fine.

ivins tried to mislead fbi on anthrax
from usa today: The FBI said Monday that Bruce Ivins, the bioscientist whom they say launched the 2001 anthrax attacks, helped them figure out how to collect the anthrax samples needed for the investigation. On Feb. 27, 2002, Ivins submitted a sample that didn't meet those standards. The FBI destroyed his sample without testing it, said Vahid Majidi, assistant director for the FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate.

fbi admits it destroyed evidence in anthrax case
from ap: FBI scientists early on had — but destroyed — the unique strain of anthrax used in the deadly 2001 attacks that years later would lead them to Dr. Bruce Ivins, now the government's top suspect. FBI Assistant Director Vahid Majidi (vah-HID muh-JI-dee) said the initial anthrax sample that Ivins took from his Army lab in February 2002 and gave investigators did not meet court-ordered conditions for its preparation and collection. Majidi said the sample kept at the FBI lab was destroyed because the bureau believed it might not have been allowed as evidence at trial. Not until after April 2004 did investigators trace strains of genetically-unique anthrax back to Ivins' lab at Fort Detrick, Md. (This version CORRECTS that sample might NOT have been allowed.))

why people who question the anthrax attacks won't question 9/11
from 9/11 blogger: I think I've figure out why many people who question the government's explanation for the anthrax attacks don't question the official story about 9/11.

Specifically:

* 9/11 involved much greater loss of life - while 5 people died in the anthrax attacks, close to 3,000 died on 9/11

* While none of us have seen gruesome images of the victims of the anthax attacks, we watched horrific images of 9/11: planes slamming into buildings, people jumping out of the Twin Towers, the Towers collapsing . . .

* 9/11 was the first attack on the U.S. by "foreign terrorists". As such, it was the point at which America took the fork in the road away from traditional notions of liberty, justice and the Geneva Convention and towards the "war on terror"

9/11 and the anthrax attacks - and the government's "investigation" into both - were actually very similar in many ways, as I will show in my next essay.

However, while many people can see how ridiculous the government's case against Dr. Bruce Ivins as the "sole culprit" is, they are so traumatized by the 3,000 dead, the horrible images, and the status of 9/11 as the "day when everything changed", that they simply will not allow themselves to honestly and fully investigate 9/11.

anthrax, hatfill & more: additions to the complete 9/11 timeline
from history commons: Most of the new entries published by the 9/11 Timeline this week deal with the anthrax scare. The main drug used to combat anthrax was Cipro, which a high government official advised some reporters to take shortly after 9/11. Although an inquiry was launched into a coverup of problems with it in May 2000, the FDA endorsed the drug two months later. Hoax letters similar to the later anthrax mailings were sent to Fox News from 2000, and one may have been received by a Florida tabloid in mid-September 2001. The anthrax attacks are associated with the Patriot Act, which Democratic Senator Russ Feingold blocked on October 9. Two other Democratic senators were then targeted by the killer, and 28 congressional staffers tested positive for the disease. Congress then passed the bill without reading it.

anthrax fall guy ivins reminds frederick, maryland locals of the frank olson 'suicide' case of 50yrs ago
from peters new york: The story of Frank Olson was documented in the months before 9/11 in an article in the New York Times magazine section. Written by his son's Harvard schoolmate, Michael Ignatieff, we learn from the story that "Frank Olson's specialty... had been the development of aerosols for the delivery of anthrax." In the years immediately preceding his death, Olson was one of the top officials at the government's biological weapons laboratory at Fort Detrick.

In 1953, Olson was found on a New York City sidewalk, his body bloodied and broken, apparently after a fall from his hotel room. The details of his death, ruled a suicide, remained a mystery for more than twenty years. But in 1975, an article in the Washington Post revealed that, contained in a report issued by the then-recently concluded U.S. President's Commission on CIA Activities was an account of a scientist who had been administered a dose of LSD without his knowledge, suffered side-effects from the drug, went to New York under CIA escort for psychological treatment, and jumped out of a hotel room window.

massive anthrax updates: the case is far from closed

hair samples in anthrax case don't match*
flashback: on 9/11 high govt official advises some reporters to take anthrax antibiotic cipro'*
dr ivins, anthrax & why I don't believe the fbi*
project anthrax & the coverup: (part5): operation jefferson, roots of the plot, hauer, patrick, hatfill, ivins & human experimentation*
anthrax follies & the bizarro effect*
lawyers skeptical fbi could have convicted ivins*
flashback: bayer reduces price of anthrax antibiotic cipro for US govt only*
flashback: as anthrax fears mount, canada overrides bayer’s patent for cipro; US does not'*
"if i were a betting man, i'd wager that cheney was behind the anthrax attacks"*
sander hicks: 'mad scientist' ivins & other 9/11 legends*
anthrax suspect passed 2 polygraphs*
3 key questions still unanswered in anthrax case*
some question fbi's anthrax case*
16 labs had the killer anthrax strain*
fbi will analyze ivins' computers*
anthrax case raises doubt on security*
sorority fixation may be key clue*
anthrax plot started early, will drag on*
anthrax suspect's lab: 'rat's nest'*
the fbi’s selective release of documents in the anthrax case*
ivins went nuts... but it was the fbi who drove him crazy*
anthrax letters are not in ivins' handwriting*
widow of first anthrax victim says she believes fbi account*
flashback: ’strange coincidence’ briefly increases suspicions al-qaeda is behind anthrax attacks'*
project anthrax & the coverup: (part4): the el-hibri loop, hatfill & special forces, introduction to vaxgen, ivins redux & rumsfeld*

video: limited hangout olbermann & official story posner: anthrax case a ‘conspiracy nightmare’*
audio: fbi's anthrax case not closed!*
the killer anthrax did not originate at fort detrick*
fbi anthrax case: paid witnesses?*
fbi told to blame anthrax scare on al-qaeda by white house officials*
anthrax attack was a classic false flag op targeting arabs*
burying the evidence on anthrax*
dr. bruce ivins, the perfect patsy*
the anthraX files*
ivins reportedly made edits to wikipedia*
col anderson refutes false allegations against ivins*
'justice' dept releases anthrax attack docs*
anthrax attacks & the assault on civil liberties*
suicided & slandered: scientist's death comes with enough lies to disappear the scandal of the century*
officials say scientist was solely responsible for anthrax attacks*
US authorities say deceased scientist responsible for anthrax attacks*
flashback: gop senator alleges top officials deliberately leaked false leads to hide lack of progress in anthrax investigation*
flashback: bush suggests link between anthrax & al-qaeda'*
flashback: cheney suggests al-qaeda could be responsible for anthrax attacks*
tape excerpts of ivins restraining order request*
fbi harassment drove ivins to 'suicide'*
the dead anthrax patsy's shady therapist*
white house memo exposes rove knew of problems with anthrax vaccine*
anthrax victim's widow speaks out*
ivins/anthrax scandal explained by wayne madsen*
anthrax suspect would have gotten vaccine royalties*
anthrax scientist bruce ivins stood to benefit from a panic*
videos: down the anthrax rabbit hole*
now we know: the anthrax attacks were an inside job*
anthrax suspect commits suicide in US*
evil of anthrax came silently in ordinary letter to tom brokaw*
suicide riddle of US scientist linked to 2001 anthrax attacks*
associated press helps gov't to brush anthrax attacks under the carpet*
doctor: anthrax suspect was 'homicidal'*
anthrax suspect was committed to a psychiatric hospital shortly before his death*
ivins & the fbi’s 'court document': psyop blaming iraq for anthrax attacks*
army declines comment on anthrax researcher*
anthrax mystery deepens*
report: therapist feared scientist poisoned people*
project anthrax & the coverup: saic, hatfill & bio-economic state terrorism (part 1 2 3)*
scientists question fbi probe on anthrax*
piling on bruce ivins*
the hidden anthrax letters suspect*
daschle criticizes anthrax investigation, saying fbi should provide more information*
daschle has doubts about anthrax probe*
white house attempted to pin anthrax attacks on al-qaeda*
schechter: death of a scientist & the bio-war mystery*
ivins' mental health and his link to 'bio-port'*
anthrax evidence is called circumstantial*
sealed docs outline anthrax details*
fbi probes attacks on scientists*
dna exposed anthrax suspect*
feds sued over anthrax documents*
officials: sorority obsession seen in anthrax case*
anthrax linked to princeton sorority*
questions raised over whether gov't is framing dead army scientist for anthrax attacks*
'suicide’ of anthrax scientist–another mossad frame up?*
former fbi official: after 9/11, white house told fbi to blame anthrax attacks on al-qaeda*
3 vital questions for abc news about its anthrax reporting in 2001*
researcher kept security clearance as fbi closed in*
officials: sorority obsession seen in anthrax case*
sorority fixation may be key clue*
anthrax linked to princeton sorority*
anthrax dryer a key to probe*
is another bruce ivins lurking in a biolab?*
fbi told to blame anthrax scare on al-qaeda by white house officials*
how solid is the anthrax evidence?*
govt's purported 'anthrax killer' was a registered democrat*
pressure grows for fbi’s anthrax evidence*
video: anthrax suspect’s colleague blames fbi for suicide*

related: 'justice' department falsely claims anthrax case is closed & the supposed lone anthrax gunman supposedly suicided

'justice' department falsely claims anthrax case is closed

authorities declare 2001 anthrax attack case solved

from dpa: The US Justice Department Wednesday said it was convinced that a top government scientist who committed suicide last week was the sole person responsible for the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks that terrified the nation.

Bruce Ivins was set to be indicted last week for the anthrax-laced mailings, sent only weeks after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The department earlier Wednesday unsealed hundreds of court documents it believed proved that Ivins had sent the letters.

'We believe that, based on the evidence we have collected, we could prove his guilt to a jury beyond reasonable doubt,' said Jeffrey Taylor, US attorney for the District of Colombia.

US to pay hatfill $5.8m in anthrax op settlement

from raw replay: NBC's Pete Williams reported that the U.S. Government has agreed to pay Steven Hatfill about $5.8 million in the case of the anthrax attacks that happened soon after 9/11. Hatfill had been declared "a person of interest" in the attacks. Williams said that it is "safe to assume" that Hatfill is no longer considered a person of interest. This video is from MSNBC News Live, broadcast June 27, 2008.

update1: fda issues warning on cipro
from ap: Drug safety officials Tuesday imposed the government's most urgent safety warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing evidence that they may lead to tendon ruptures, a serious injury that can leave patients incapacitated and needing extensive surgery... The two leading drugs covered by the warning are Cipro, made by Bayer, and Levaquin, which is made by Ortho-McNeil. Cipro became a household name during the anthrax attacks of 2001. It is effective against that deadly bacteria, and is among the medications stockpiled by the government in case of a bio-terror attack.

update2: who planned the anthrax attacks?
from justin raimondo: You remember the anthrax attacks – or do you? It often seems, to me at least, that this important catalyst for the invasion of Iraq and our supremely wrong-headed post-9/11 foreign policy has been flushed down the collective memory hole. For all the attention that's been paid to that spooky chapter in the history of the "war on terrorism" in the intervening years, it may as well have never occurred. That's why news of the former prime suspect's ultimate vindication – and his victory in a $5.8 million lawsuit in which he accused the feds of unfairly targeting him as a "person of interest" (as John Ashcroft put it) – seems like a visitation from another time, the ghost of 9/11 past, haunting and mocking us. It sends chills down my spine – because, you see, the real culprits are still out there.