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The U.S. Is a Police State

Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, writes that the FBI raids on the homes of antiwar activists in the U.S. makes it official: America is a police state.
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LewRockwell.com

by Paul Craig Roberts

On September 24, Jason Ditz reported on Antiwar.com" that “the FBI is confirming that this morning they began a number of raids against the homes of antiwar activists in Illinois, Minneapolis, Michigan, and North Carolina, claiming that they are ‘seeking evidence relating to activities concerning the material support of terrorism.’”

Now we know what Homeland Security (sic) secretary Janet Napolitano meant when she said on September 10: “The old view that ‘if we fight the terrorists abroad, we won’t have to fight them here’ is just that – the old view.” The new view, Napolitano said, is “to counter violent extremism right here at home.”

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