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May 16, 2006

Bush's Lips are Moving So We Know He's Lying - Patriot Act Used to Tap Reporters

By Harvey Wasserman

Patriot Act is being used for more -- much more -- than "tracking terrorists." It is being thoroughly abused to track -- pardon, "backtrack" -- the phone records of everyday mainstream reporters. Not only is it being used to "track" phone records of reporters' but, too, more than 200 MILLION AMERICANS

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Patriot Act is being used for more -- much more -- than "tracking terrorists." It is being thoroughly abused to track -- pardon, "backtrack" -- the phone records of everyday mainstream reporters. Not only is it being used to "track" phone records of reporters' but, too, more than 200 MILLION AMERICANS

Authors Bio:

Harvey is a lifelong activist who speaks, writes and organizes widely on energy, the environment, election protection, social justice, grass-roots politics and natural healing, personal and planetary.He hosts "California Solartopia" at KPFK-Pacifica and "Green Power & Wellness" atprn.fm. He editsnukefree.org,solartopia.organd has taught history, diversity and ecology studies at numerous colleges. With Pete Seeger and David Bernz, he co-wrote the Grammy-winning "Solartopia Song."

With Dan Keller, Harvey co-wrote the award-winning "Lovejoy's Nuclear War" and "Last Resort" documentary films. In 1994, he spoke (for Greenpeace) to 350,000 rock fans at Woodstock 2. He's made major media appearances on "Today," "Nightline," "Democracy Now," "Thom Hartmann," "Phil Donahue" and more. His articles have been published at The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Nation, Progressive, Huffington Post and more.Harvey has authored or co-authored about 20 books, with introductions or endorsements from Howard Zinn, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Marianne Williamson, Studs Terkel, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Kurt Vonnegut, Ina Mae Gaskin, Dennis Kucinich, Lila Garrett, Ed Asner, Ralph Nader and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

He is married with five daughters and many grandchildren. His top priority is to shut all nuke reactors and help make Los Angeles the world's first Solartopian megalopolis.


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