 For
the last couple of days I've been telling you that the FBI
has been trying to identify two men who have been repeatedly
observed acting suspiciously on board Seattle ferry boats.
along with that report, I've been showing you a picture of
the men, which was released by the FBI only after weeks of
showing it privately to ferry employees turned up nothing.
Sounds pretty reasonable, right? I mean, I'm no FBI
investigator, but I am a thinker. Isn't a picture a little
more helpful to a search than just saying "yea, we're lookin
for these two guys. uh, one of them is wearing a jacket."
Isn't that's why we put photos of missing children on the
back of milk cartons instead of just describing them? Don't
answer that, because the Real Story is that common sense has
once again been thrown out the window as a result of
politics, profiling, and -- wait for it....Islamaphobia.
One newspaper, which shall remain nameless...ok, fine you
twisted my arm, it was the "Seattle Post Intelligencer" --
decided to "take a stand" and not publish the FBI photo
because, according to the paper's Managing Editor, showing
it could "forever taint (the men) by associating them with
terrorism."
We invited Mr. Managing Editor David McCumber on the show
today by emailing him at
davidmccumber@seattlepi.com, but he politely declined,
probably because he realized he was going to have a pretty
tough time explaining how his paper's righteous little stand
would make any difference considering that the picture has
already been shown by virtually every other major media
outlet.
I have an idea: how about just being honest for a change?
This has nothing to do with civil rights or privacy, it's
about your far-left leaning paper taking a public stand
against the big-bad government.
But this isn't just about politics, it's also about
profiling. Even though we have absolutely NO IDEA what
nationality or religion these guys are, some Arab and Muslim
leaders in Seattle are already taking offense. They say that
investigators should've come to them with the pictures first
so they could ask around and now they believe they're owed
an apology from the FBI!! I'm sorry, I guess I missed the
day in civics class when we learned that our government
consults with each minority and special interest group
before they launch an investigation. Muslim leaders, listen
up...we are not Great Britain. At least not yet.
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