Sedition—yes, sedition

Think it's too early to worry that the gubmint is gonna seize your computer if you write a letter to the editor about Iraq? Wrong again, borracho breath.

Maybe V.A. nurse specialist Ann Berg thought she was just, you know, voicing an opinion as part of her democratic right—nay, duty! But there's a dusty spot at her work station where her computer used to be, and the feds are investigating her for sedition.

See Editor & Publisher for the complete story.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D—New Mexico) is looking into it, and with characteristic senatorial understatement, opined:

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."