Kelly writes “This article, “Careful: The FB-eye may be watching: Reading the wrong thing in public can get you in trouble,” is about the adventures of a bookstore employee who was seen reading something thought to be unacceptable, terroristic, wrong — it’s not clear — at a coffeeshop, and because of his reading, he was paid a visit by two FBI agents.
Here’s a link to the tale: http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Conten t?oid=oid%3A12715&status=rate&ratebtn=5
Here’s a link to the article the FBI was investigating him for reading:
http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content? oid=oid%3A2752“
Four years old
Not that the oppressive hand of the thought police isn’t of continuing relevance, but this story is from July 17, 2003.
Re:Four years old
Not only that, it was part of the top stories of 2003. But is it any surprise tales like these are making the rounds again?
Similarly, a story like this from 2001 made the Digg front page not too long ago…. Digg’s great for splashy headlines, just not necessarily real up-to-date news.
I thought it sounded familiar.
As I was reading the description, it seemed really familiar to me. But four years down the road, I wonder what ever became of it. Did the FBI ever make any follow-up statements about it? I’ll have to do a little Googling and see.