Oh, Michele, you've done it again

"We have seen the threat that the Muslim Brotherhood has posed here for the people in Egypt. We have seen the threat that the Muslim Brotherhood has posed around the world. We stand against this great evil. We are not for them. We remember who caused 9/11 in America. We remember who it was that killed 3,000 brave Americans."
—Rep. Michele Bachmann, in Egypt

I saw the clip for this. Bachmann and two other Congresscritters flew to Egypt and insulted the world. I especially liked her saying 9/11, because what she actually said was "nine one one", assuming everyone could insert the proper punctuation, and here I thought the people who caused 911 were the phone company. I've always wondered if Bin Laden et al chose that day for the attacks for that relationship to Americans. I was personally unaware that The Muslim Brotherhood = Al Quaeda, especially since, what was it, 11/12ths of the hijackers were Saudi Arabian nationals. Amazing the things that you can learn from elected gov't officials!

(tip o'the hat to Mr. Magoo)

Feds monitored air passenger lists to catch friend of Manning

David House met (then) Bradley Manning and helped set up financing for his legal defense and also visited him in prison, reporting on the harsh conditions of his jail time. The Feds waited for him to leave the country, in this case going to Mexico for a vacation with his girlfriend, then when he returned in November 2010 and went through Customs at O'Hare they seized all his electronics and subjected him to an extended secondary interrogation.

Since entering the country places you in a Constitution-free zone, the Feds were free to search everything without a warrant.

They kept his electronics for 49 days, almost double the legal max of 30 days, and only released them when the ACLU sent a letter.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/manning-friend-database-stalked/