From "pre-emptive war" to "proactive arrests": NYC's thought police

[Hobo]

There've been a lot of alarming stories this week, but none more so that this explosive article in tomorrow's N.Y. Times by a friend and former co-worker, Jim Dwyer. On a day when we ponder the third anniversary of a U.S. unprovoked invasion of another country and when President Bush reaffirms the need for pre-emptive war, we now learn that the New York (thought) police are busting folks who look like they might riot:

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How tragic, for it is New York that the terrorists struck on Sept. 11, 2001, and with this type of un-American response, it is the terrorists who are winning. The actions described in the story took place not long after 9/11, during the 2002 World Economic Forum. In one case, a high-ranking official called for spreading deliberate misinformation among the protestors, and another inspector sought a massive show of force that would "cause them to be alarmed."

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-Hobo