The Free Speech Protection Act of 2008, as mentioned in an earlier entry, has been introduced in both the House and Senate. Its purpose: to protect U.S. authors from being sued for libel in places like the UK, whose laws strongly favor the plaintiff. There have already been a number of such lawsuits, and they are having a chilling effect, in particular on people seeking to write about Islamist terrorism. The most recent case involved Rachel Ehrenfeld's book, Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed - and How to Stop It.
Momentum is gathering to support this bill, but not fast enough. If you have a moment and would like to help, contact the Senate and House Judiciary Committees and urge them to approve this bill as soon as possible.
If Israel attacks Iran what then?? Iran retaliates and then the US has to come in on the side of Israel. What then - wide scale war in the Middle East with US troops deployed to stop (increase) the killing?? When does the madness stop - is there no chance of dialogue or just more killing?? Anybody have any ideas??
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