re ap journalists arrested in waco in article c wgmt p apollo hp com goykhman apollo hp com red herring writes in article jason apr ab larc nasa gov jason c austin j c austin larc nasa gov writes in article r hf ah calvin nyu edu hargitai acf nyu edu hargitai writes for those who still doubt what is going on this is from the still uncensored ap wire two journalists from houston arrested at gun point and cuffed and jailed for taking pictures of the compound today later released on bail but cameras and film were confiscated jh you could work for cnn take a few lines from a story and imply something with it but don t say what you really mean the police always close off the area around a major crime scene to keep evidence from being disturbed by taking pictures they leave foot prints they may drop some trash on the ground and they may pick up something that looks interesting and it is a misdemeanor to enter the closed off area one of the photographers also quickly spun around with a long lens camera while the officer was approaching a good way to get shot well that hopefully depends on what country one is in it has nothing to do with the country you are coming toward someone in an area where there has been violent confrontations and one guy spins around quickly with an object that looks like a gun police are not trained to stand there and let someone gun them down there was also no indication in that story that they wouldn t get their cameras and film back after getting out of jail once goverment agents have had an opportunity to check the film out you re making statements that are not supported by facts don t let paranoia get the best of you wait to see if the reporters don t get their film back or they get it back developed before screaming conspiracy i think it was barry goldwater who once said the goverment that is big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything from you you life and or freedom including of course that could not happen to you could it our government is not big enough to give you everything despite the efforts of people like bill clinton taking a statement like that and thinking everything done in the name of law enforcement is wrong is simple minded and ignorant of history a government is a necessary evil and we must decide what it should be allowed to do based on facts history and not by baseless claims jason c austin j c austin larc nasa gov
