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In Mike Cohen’s blog, a post links to Ian Spiers’s blog. From the home page, I find The Artist’s Statement. After hearing about a story from a co-worker about the sad state of our country and the trampling of many of our citizens’ civil liberties under the guise of "protecting us from terrorists," I was even further saddened to read Ian’s tale of his photography assignment gone wrong. What is the country coming to when otherwise innocent activities are suddenly brought under suspicion simply because of the color of one’s skin? Even with the bias of the stories I just recently heard/read taken into account, it is just unbelievable that the fed has enough powers to detain and interrogate anyone they choose in the manner that they do for no reason at all. I realize that these words may damage my application to the NSA, but I don’t care. I’m continually troubled by the turn our country has taken since 9/11. If my criticisms of government take me out of consideration for a government job, so be it. I’d rather stay on the outside, where my freedoms can be more liberally exercised.