The FBI, showing once again how gracious, caring, and humanitarian they can be, decided to release Mei Xia Dong, a Chinese woman who’s been in custody for over two months as a terror suspect. Under Patriot Act provisions, of course, she was not entitled to a lawyer, a hearing, or even a description of the charges. I guess she just sat in the slammer wondering what the heck was wrong, and when (if ever) she’d be released.
Apparently the original tip that put the FBI on her trail described a 21-year-old Chinese man named Dong. How they could flub that up is beyond me, but I can’t say it gives me any confidence in our crack terrorist-tracking teams…