July 8, 2004

Land of the free and the home of the brave
Whatever happened to that place?

Hmmmmmm. This is just begging for the sniff test, coming right after Bunnypants' smackdown by an intrepid Irish journalist. You remember, the one who actually asked the fascist punk some questions, rather than rolling on her back and licking his privates as the US media is wont to do.

"A crackdown by Ashcroft's jackbooted thugs US authorities on issuing visas to foreign journalists threatens to cause chaos for overseas broadcasters and newspapers just five months before the presidential election.

The new rules, which come into force next week, will ban overseas reporters and news crews stationed in the US from renewing their visas without leaving the country first.

Just five months before American voters decide who will be appointed to the most powerful office in the world, the US state department said it would no longer allow overseas journalists to renew visas from within the country.

From next week the estimated 20,000 foreign journalists stationed in the US, who used to be able to renew their visas with ease in any major city, will be forced to leave the country and re-apply at a US embassy or consulate abroad, delaying their application for between four weeks and six months.


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