I knew Michele a long time ago when she blogged regularly about politics on A Small Victory (asmallvictory.net). Back then she was very sensationalistic, and would go out of her way to artificially inflate or dramatize stories. I'm not surprised she drew the conclusion that the visit was due to Google searches; I also wouldn't be surprised if she intentionally inflated the story, she has always had a talent for getting attention.
Also worth noting. She was a pretty loud blogger post 9/11 and during the Iraq invasion. She ran a very popular Iraq invasion blog, lauded for updating about the invasion faster than the mainstream media. It would not surprise me in the least if the Feds have her on some list or another (not saying that's ok mind you). The Washington Post article about this talks about whether she'd be on a watch list, and Michele talks about searching for how to cook lentils and ending up on a watch list ("This is where we are at," Catalono wrote. "Where you have no expectation of privacy. Where trying to learn how to cook some lentils could possibly land you on a watch list."). That part is Michele knowing exactly how to craft a sound bite for media consumption. I suspect this story is demonstrating a real abuse by the terrorism obsessed police / feds, and the rest is Michele throwing fuel on the fire for the headlines.
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I knew Michele a long time ago when she blogged regularly about politics on A Small Victory (asmallvictory.net). Back then she was very sensationalistic, and would go out of her way to artificially inflate or dramatize stories. I'm not surprised she drew the conclusion that the visit was due to Google searches; I also wouldn't be surprised if she intentionally inflated the story, she has always had a talent for getting attention.
Also worth noting. She was a pretty loud blogger post 9/11 and during the Iraq invasion. She ran a very popular Iraq invasion blog, lauded for updating about the invasion faster than the mainstream media. It would not surprise me in the least if the Feds have her on some list or another (not saying that's ok mind you). The Washington Post article about this talks about whether she'd be on a watch list, and Michele talks about searching for how to cook lentils and ending up on a watch list ("This is where we are at," Catalono wrote. "Where you have no expectation of privacy. Where trying to learn how to cook some lentils could possibly land you on a watch list."). That part is Michele knowing exactly how to craft a sound bite for media consumption. I suspect this story is demonstrating a real abuse by the terrorism obsessed police / feds, and the rest is Michele throwing fuel on the fire for the headlines.