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File under: #WhyNotBoth?

Yes, the confiscation in itself is an attack on free speech rights.

But don’t think the high-stress weapons-drawn raid against a prominent whistleblower isn’t meant to send its own message clear and loud: keep your heads down or you could be next. Especially when combined with the twitchy trigger finger that US law enforcers are reputed to possess.

This is only a couple steps up from a banana republic death squad. And that too is no accident.