If you've written an "unacceptable" letter to the editor, you're on a watchlist. Here are two written by military members on scapegoating E-4s for Abu Ghraib. Their opinions won't be the only ones of this nature, you can be sure of that.
See the first letter here:
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=26745 See the second letter here:
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=26744BTW, I signed that petition in December and forgot about it. The next thing I know, Rumsfeld has to cancel his visit to the 40th Munich Security Conference even though he is on the agenda to speak. I'll take my chances w/the brownshirts if it means keeping that egomaniac out of Germany.
http://munich.usconsulate.gov/munich/security_conference.html Programs and Events
40th Munich Security Conference
February 6-8, 2004
Statements and Comments by U.S. Officials
• Secretary Rumsfeld Remarks at the Munich Conference on Security Policy (February 7, 2004)
• Secretary Rumsfeld Q&A session at the Munich Conference on Security Policy (February 7, 2004)
• Secretary Rumsfeld Press Conference NATO Defense Ministerial (February 6, 2004)
• Secretary Rumsfeld Roundtable with European Journalists (February 6, 2004)