"Kent, the dude" wrote:

CONVENTION PROTESTERS PLOTTING TO SPEAK, ASSEMBLE
(AP 5 story 3473638 Aug-26-04)

Prepare for the Worst, Ashcroft Says

Attorney General John Ashcroft today revealed that the Justice Department
has credible intelligence that protesters at next week's Republican National
Convention are actively plotting to speak and assemble.

"These evildoers may speak or assemble without warning," Mr. Ashcroft told
reporters. "We are preparing for the worst."

To foil the protesters' plot to speak and assemble, the Attorney General
said that the Justice Department has established a special Anti-Speech and
Assembly Task Force in New York City.

Just remember, the gov't is an equal opportunity offender, they had a guarded
and fenced-in area far away from the reporters & delegates at the Boston DNC
and called it a free speech zone. Any place within a block of the taxpayer
financed convention was not a free speech zone. Expect the same for the RNC in NY.
http://www.vulnwatch.org/misc/pics/free-speech-pen/

As Representative Paul said: "Modern political conventions are nothing more than
taxpayer-funded infomercials for the major parties."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul196.html

Mitch.