bkdelong

I said to Jim this morning after the radio frequencies from the DNC was posted - "are you TRYING to get arrested?". Jim said to me "Hey, I mean really... if your going to exercise your free speech, why not stand up and speak with a strong voice." Here, here.

That's why it disturbs me to read that journalists are being essentially "threatened" to not report about the poor security of the DNC:

"The FBI warnings about an unconfirmed threat targeting the media was bogus, and was just a way to get the media to shut-up about, to stop complaining about, and stop reporting on, the weak security at the convention. Essentially the government is trying to convince them that they could save their own butts by being silent. Sadly, by journalists being cowed into not reporting on the problems with bad security, they are allowing the government to get away with ridiculously poor security, which in turn is actually increasing the threat to the journalists' safety. "

He's referring to the claim I posted earlier in the week that there was an unconfirmed threat by a domestic group that might be targeting media trucks with explosive or incendiary devices.

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