Mike Hawash

[Tyler Durden]

Yeah. This occurred to me on the way home from work. The guy potentially 
thinks about fighting the US on foreign soil and then changes his mind, and 
now he's a terrorist.

AND...this is what the government's actually bothering to put into print.

Bad.

-(The REAL) Tyler Durden






>From: Tim May <timcmay at got.net>
>To: cypherpunks at lne.com
>Subject: Re: Mike Hawash
>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 16:12:40 -0700
>
>On Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at 02:09  PM, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
>
>>At 03:10 PM 4/29/03 -0400, Tyler Durden wrote:
>>>OK, aside from the obvious problems with being held without charge
>>until
>>>now, there are some other major issues here.
>>>
>>>Apparently, the guy is only being charged with traveling to China in an
>>
>>>attempt to enter Afghanistan and fight US forces.
>>
>>According to 1 "informant", who is getting *what* in return?
>>
>>Buying a parka and flying is not treason.  Even trying to enter .af is
>>not illegal.
>>(And congress never did declare war there, did they?)
>>Shooting off guns in a quarry is not illegal.
>>Going to the same church as folks who pled is not illegal.
>>
>>Clearly, he was given a deal, while in illegal custody, cooperate or we
>>file charges.
>>He didn't, so they did.   If they had charges to begin with, they
>>needn't have
>>held him illegally.
>
>He was an illegal combatant because he did not actually enter a country we 
>were not actually at war with, whose government was not actually the force 
>behind the 9/11 attack.
>
>Using the psychics employed by the CIA, America has deduced that he may 
>have been _thinking_ about entering Afghanistan, even though he didn't.
>
>And that's enough for a thoughtcrime conviction in the beknighted states.
>
>The case is so weak he'll hang himself in his jail cell.
>
>--Tim May


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