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Monday, October 26, 2009

Politics Chomsky Banned at Gitmo, Makes Pithy Comment About It

Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:23 AM

Universally beloved pain-in-the-ass-to-the-American-hegemony Noam Chomsky has been banned from the Guantanamo Bay ~~quasi~~ ~~pseudo~~ ~~sort of~~ ~~not really at all~~ legal prison thingy library. More specifically, his collection of New York Times op-eds, Interventions, submitted by a Pentagon lawyer, was declined because of "force protection issues," which basically means guards didn't want to have to deal with gadfly-type questions about the unholy machinations of American empire over the last 60 years. Because those are MAD IRRITATING. Not surprisingly, Chomsky dropped a T-bomb when told about his banishment:

"This happens sometimes in totalitarian regimes. Of some incidental interest, perhaps, is the nature of the book they banned. It consists of op-eds written for The New York Times syndicate and distributed by them. The subversive rot must run very deep.''

Zing! The most popular books from the Gitmo Library? Harry Potter.

(The Miami Herald has a swell guide to what can and can't be in the library, here.)

Tags: Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Noam Chomsky, Harry Potter, Censorship, Terrorism, Sexy librarians

        
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Politics Chomsky Banned at Gitmo, Makes Pithy Comment About It

Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:23 AM

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