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[The American public's acceptance of the Obama administration's
police-state tactics is paralleled in 1930s Germany. Milton Mayer's
classic study <i>They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45</i> documents
the institution of totalitarian tactics in a population that saw
them as temporary and necessary measures. --CGE]<br>
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From <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.antiwar.com/blog/"><http://www.antiwar.com/blog/></a>:<br>
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Bradley Manning Visitor Confirms Mistreatment<br>
Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:30 PM PST<br>
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David House, a friend of Bradley Manning, was allowed to visit him
at the brig where he is currently imprisoned. He basically confirmed
the mistreatment that has been outlined by Glenn Greenwald and
others:<br>
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– Solitary confinement in a small cell 23 hours a day<br>
– No sleeping allowed from 5am to 11pm (5am wake-up)<br>
– No exercise allowed in cell (allowed to walk in chains one hour a
day)<br>
– No personal items in cell<br>
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House described a “remarkable decline in his psychological state and
physical well-being.” He also said the Pentagon is not telling the
truth about his conditions. House recently wrote an article
describing the visit.<br>
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Travelers ‘Feel a Little Safer’ Seeing Rape Victim Dragged
Across Airport by Police<br>
Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:09 PM PST<br>
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In an example of how quickly many members of the public have become
not only comfortable with by comforted by the harsh and seemingly
arbitrary treatment received by others at the airport, 56-year-old
rape victim Claire Hirschkind was hurled to the ground and dragged
across the airport by police yesterday, reassuring others that the
TSA was right on top of things.<br>
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“It makes me feel a little safer,” noted Emily Protine, one of the
other travelers who witnessed the arrest, the consequence of
Hirschkind not wanting her breasts felt by TSA agents. “It is for
our protection so I have no problems with it,” added another
witness, one Gwen Washington.<br>
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Hirschkind was apparently singled out because she has a pacemaker
implanted in her chest, but objected when TSA officials announced
they intended to feel her breasts. When she argued there was no due
cause “the police actually pushed me to the floor, handcuffed me,”
Hirschkind report, prompting the extreme comfort of fellow would-be
passengers Washington and Protine.<br>
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The TSA insisted that Hirschkind’s arrest and her treatment were
perfectly in keeping with their orders, and an airport spokesman
added that she had the option to “not fly” if she objected to having
her breasts groped. The TSA added that only about 3 percent of
travelers are actually subjected to the treatment. The other 97 just
get to feel a little safer because they didn’t get singled out.<br>
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