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Reblogged from reagan-was-a-horrible-president
Important story you may have missed: Adam Serwer explains what Monday’s Boston terror case verdict case means for civil liberties:
[B[y convicting Mehanna of material support for terrorism based on his online activities, the prosecution may have established a path through which the government can throw people in prison on terrorism charges for expressing abhorrent opinions, even if the individual in question has no direct ties to a terrorist organization.
