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   pointed out "the old trick of turning every   
       contingency into a resource for accumulating force in the government."   
      
   ----   
      
   I don't know any terrorists or foreign agents.   
      
   But the government seems to know plenty of people who are terrorists.   
      
   :   The New York Times, 2/10/87   
   :   "Is This America?", by Anthony Lewis   
   :   
   :   She is 22 years old, a student in San Diego, California. She was born   
   :   in Ramallah, in the West Bank, came to this country at the age of 3.   
   :   
   :   She is an American citizen, of Palestinian origins.   
   :   
   :   In her own words:   
   :   
   *   I was studying, alone at the school library, on the night of Jan 28.   
   *   At about 8:30 a large man, 6 feet tall, came up and shoved a paper in   
   *   front of me. It said 'subpoena' and had my name on it. He flashed what   
   *   looked like a badge and said 'We want you to come with us.'   
   *   
   *   He had a gun in a holster at his waist.   
   *   
   *   He took my left arm and handcuffed me to his right arm.   
   *   
   *   Another man --- he also showed a gun --- came over and grabbed me   
   *   roughly by the right arm. They took me out to a dark burgundy car,   
   *   cuffed my hands in front of me and shoved me into the back seat.   
   *   
   *   We drove for some time when they made me face backwards. In a   
   *   residential area we drove into a garage and I was taken into the   
   *   house, into a big bare room with a cement floor. There was a big   
   *   metal desk.   
   *   
   *   The room also had a metal pole set in the cement floor. It had a   
   *   hook at the top, sort of like a tether ball pole.   
   *   
   *   I was thrown into a gray metal chair, still handcuffed. The room   
   *   was dimly lit, but wit   
      
      
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