Since we're on the topic of free speech:
From Democracynow!-
NYC Man Arrested For Broadcasting Lebanese TV Station
Federal agents have arrested a New York man for broadcasting the Lebanese TV station al-Manar inside the United States Javed Iqbal was arrested on Wednesday. The Pakistani-born man is being held on $250,000 bail and faces at least five years in prison. In March the State Department designated the TV station to be a terrorist entity because of its links to Hezbollah. Iqbal runs a small television company in Brooklyn that installs satellite receivers across New York. He was arrested after an FBI informant attempted to have Al-Manar installed on his satellite system.
I guess the purpose of this blog is serious political things (as opposed to my alter-ego).
This is just stupid, sad. Is it unconstitutional? I would think yes.
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oNeed more information.
How was he charged? It's against the law to broadcast without a license from the FCC. If that's it, then there's no argument. If he was charged with terrorism, then still more information is needed.
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