More utterly fucking ridiculous bullshit “anti-terror” activities…
[Give me a forking break. What a ridiculous joke, waste of money, violation of rational exercise of constitutional rights and law enforcement, etc. -Thomas]
Knappster: Terrorism panic goes too far at Area 51
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Copyright © Las Vegas Mercury
Knappster: Terrorism panic goes too far at Area 51
By George Knapp
Chuck Clark wasn’t even home when law enforcement personnel assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force roared up to his rented trailer in tiny Rachel, Nev., the other day. He didn’t know about the still-sealed search warrant until he returned from a road trip and found that his files, photos and computer had been seized.
“They didn’t ransack the place. Overall, it was pretty professional,” Clark says. “But it looks like they took a lot of stuff that wasn’t covered in the warrant.”
Is Chuck Clark a terrorist? In the world that existed before the attacks of 9-11, the answer would be no. These days, the answer is less clear. Is he a pain in the ass? There seems to be little doubt about that.
“Of course I’m a pain in the ass. I know it, and they know it, but I’m not a terrorist,” he says.
Clark moved to Rachel about 10 years ago, drawn, in part, by the stories about a mysterious military base now known the world over as Area 51. Before 1989, few people outside Nevada had ever heard of the place. A series of TV news reports produced by this humble reporter in 1989 , rightly or wrongly, put Area 51 on the map. The reports included sensational allegations about Area 51 being home to spectacular technology, alien technology, some said.