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One might notice by looking at our local press that this has been absorbed with something close to silence by the traditional media. Kinda like when retiring Judge Sandra Day O'Connor announced to the public that we may be moving in the direction of a dictatorship in this country.... It didn't even lodge in our short-term memory, let alone falling down some deep memory hole. This is the kind of news that appears to fall as silently as snow.

This AP article appeared in the Seattle PI on the same day as it appeared on CNN -- under a slightly different title: Nonlethal weapons touted for use on U.S. citizens. The reporting moves on from this item, which should be a bombshell, in my opinion, quite quickly to "other news" without a peep about its meaning.

Is this a trial balloon? That's what I guess. What other reason does the administration have to announce it now? It makes sense that they'd want to see.. is it just a few crazy bloggers who'll pick up on this? Or will the newspapers and networks notice?

To the right of Mr. Wynne, in a political ad here on Washblog, we see Mr. Reichert, who's running for re-election.  I wonder what Mr. Reichert has to say about this? I wonder what Mike McGavick would say? I'm going to write them, and I bet they won't answer...

Dear Representative Reichert,

I just put a piece up on Washblog about how US Airforce Secretary Michael Wynne is proposing that our military use microwave weapons on US protesters for "crowd control" in order to avoid being villified by the foreign press for using them first on foreigners . I ask in this piece what people think your response to this would be.

I have come to understand your actions as tose of a person lending "rubber stamp" support to a corrupt administration. Will you support this? It would really help to hear your response in a timely way. You or your staff are also free to post a reply directly on Washblog.

Thanks,

Noemie Maxwell