The Army Corps of Engineers in Alton, IL to Jim Bensman, environmentalist. Here's a cautionary tale to all of America about how easy it could be for you to be labeled a terrorist. OR how easy it could be for a government agency to use the "terrorist threat" argument against something you say or do. Tough call, folks, about how far this gets pushed. Here
"...The case "shows just how easy it is to be labeled a suspected terrorist," he says.
It all started on July 25 in Alton, Ill., when the Army Corps of Engineers invited public discussion about options for improving fish movement at the nearby Melvin Price Locks and Dam, considered a major impediment to roughly three dozen species that migrate upstream...."To think I'm a terrorist is utterly ridiculous," Bensman, 46, said from his home in Alton, just north of St. Louis. "How could any reasonable person think a terrorist is going to come to a public meeting held by the Army Corps, let them know who they are and announce their terror plot? It just doesn't make sense to me."
Dooley isn't offering apologies, casting the agency's deferral to the FBI as a judgment call."
It all started on July 25 in Alton, Ill., when the Army Corps of Engineers invited public discussion about options for improving fish movement at the nearby Melvin Price Locks and Dam, considered a major impediment to roughly three dozen species that migrate upstream...."To think I'm a terrorist is utterly ridiculous," Bensman, 46, said from his home in Alton, just north of St. Louis. "How could any reasonable person think a terrorist is going to come to a public meeting held by the Army Corps, let them know who they are and announce their terror plot? It just doesn't make sense to me."
Dooley isn't offering apologies, casting the agency's deferral to the FBI as a judgment call."
