![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jim Spencer, a former columnist for the Denver Post who has been critical of the Bush administration, told me today that I could use his name: he is on the watch list. He has flown many dangerous combat missions over the course of his military career, but his voice cracks when he talks about the possibility that he is exposing his children to harassment. This morning in Denver I talked for almost an hour to a brave, much-decorated high-level military man who is not only on the watch list for his criticism of the administration - his family is now on the list. It's like the German National ID card," he said quietly. How do you deal with fear? Is it safer for them if I act or stay quiet? I don't want to get on a list." In D.C., before that, a beefy, handsome civil servant, a government department head - probably a Republican - confides in a lowered voice that he is scared to sign the new ID requirement for all government employees, that exposes all his most personal information to the State - but he is scared not to sign it: "If I don't, I lose my job, my house. In Boulder, two days ago, a rosy-cheeked thirtysomething mother of two small children, in soft yoga velours, started to tear up when she said to me: "I want to take action but I am so scared. ![]()
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