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The New THOMA$ REPORT on Sunday, February 24, 2008 4:47:38 PM
Did you
know that if you write something for distribution within the United States, but
which, through the Internet, sells ONE copy somewhere else in the world, you
can become liable for a libel suit in countries where there is no First
Amendment? Did you also know that Islamic terrorists are using this to level
"libel terrorism" against people who tell the truth about them and it
ends up in countries where "truth" is not a sure defense? "American
journalists and authors who relentlessly and doggedly pursue the truth about
terrorism networks are being met with a barrage of libel lawsuits in kangaroo
courts on phony-baloney libel charges in overseas jurisdictions who don’t share
our belief in freedom of speech or a free press." And they can use those
foreign judgments to come to the United States and attach property and money in
the United States belonging to the author while making demands of them. "New York author Dr. Rachel
Ehrenfeld, who has written extensively on terrorist financing, has experienced
libel terrorism firsthand. Twenty-three copies of her book, Funding Evil:
How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It, were sold in England over the
internet. Additionally, a chapter of her book was available for viewing on the
website of an American television network. On that basis, she was sued for
libel in England by a Saudi businessman whom she identified in her book as a
terrorist enabler through his financial support of organizations with terrorist
ties." The courts recognize this "libel terrorist's" right to
bring his English judgment here and demand things of this author but they
refuse to allow her to fight it by saying they "have no jurisdiction over
this terrorist." to allow her to sue him to throw out his demands. Laws
need to be made, not just in New York, but nationally, to protect authors from
such harassment. (Human Events)