War On Foreign Journalists
Apparently in the name of homeland security we are engaged in a war on foreign journalistsCiting homeland security issues, the State Department will no longer allow foreign journalists visiting the U.S. or stationed here semi-permanently to easily renew their Visa’s in-country.
That means 20,000 journalists who have been able to renew their visas without too much hassle will now be faced with a lot of additional time—from 4-6 weeks to up to six months—and some extra expense to renew them.
The buzzmachine thinks its a poor way to demonstrate the power of the first amendment. I happen to agree.
One heckuva way to demonstrate the power of the First Amendment, eh?
Two problems with this: First, foreign governments will retaliate against American journalists. Second, in this day and age, everyone is a reporter. Does this mean that a blogger over here posting about America is violating a visa?
I'm tougher on homeland security than most, but this is just stupid. We're supposed to believe that freedom of information is a good thing, remember?
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