Censorship in the Era of the Ground Zero Mosque and Islamic Debate
Several months ago, I gave an editorial on PJTV in opposition to our government’s apparent censorship and sanitization of the use of Islamic terminology in terrorism cases. Incredible though it seemed, the 600 or so references to such terms as Jihad, radical Islam, Hamas and Hezbollah in the original 9/11 Report had been reduced to zero in the government’s 2009 Counter-Terrorism Lexicon, a 2009 FBI document and the recent Ft. Hood report.
At that time, I called upon Senators Lieberman and Collins, who had been doing some praiseworthy work in the area on their Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, to investigate this disturbing suppression, which many of us felt distorted reality and would lead to further violent acts.
I suggested four avenues for Lieberman and Collins to investigate:
And now… the rest of the story. …..
Harold
