NEW YORK Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) has asked Veterans Affairs Secretary James Nicholson for a thorough inquiry of his agency’s investigation into whether a V.A. nurse’s letter to the editor criticizing the Bush administration amounted to “sedition.” Merely opposing government policies and expressing a desire to change course “does not provide reason to believe that a person is involved in illegal subversive activity,” he said. Bingaman said such investigations raise “a very real possibility of chilling legitimate political speech.” Laura Berg, a clinical nurse specialist for 15 years, wrote a letter in September to a weekly Albuquerque newspaper criticizing how the administration handled Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq Wwr. She urged people to “act forcefully” by bringing criminal charges against top administration officials, including the president, to remove them from power because they played games of “vicious deceit.” She added: “This country needs to get out of Iraq now and return to our original vision and priorities of caring for land and people and resources rather than killing for oil….Otherwise, many more of us will be facing living hell in these times.” The agency seized her office computer and launched an investigation. Berg is not talking to […]
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
Nurse Investigated for ‘Sedition’ After Writing Letter to Editor
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Source: Editor & Publisher
Publication Date: February 11, 2006 9:00 PM ET
Link: Nurse Investigated for ‘Sedition’ After Writing Letter to Editor
Source: Editor & Publisher
Publication Date: February 11, 2006 9:00 PM ET
Link: Nurse Investigated for ‘Sedition’ After Writing Letter to Editor
Stephan: Read this, and think about what America is becoming. Are you happy with these changes?