US releases Dr Germ; Detains Pamela Anderson

Washinton (WPI) - The Justice Department today detained animal rights activist Pamela Anderson charging her as a “potential enemy combatant” and swept her off to an undisclosed destination. Anderson, 34, a long time member and spokesmodel for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had been under surveillance by the FBI for some years according to documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union under the Freedom of Information law.

Using a phone tap obtained without a warrant by the National Security Administration under President Bush’s Executive Order Ms. Anderson’s communications have been monitored for several months.

The documents obtained by the ACLU show that domestic spying by the FBI has increased a hundredfold since 9-11. Groups as varied as PETA, the Sisters of Saint Joseph, the Rabbinical Society of Lincoln NE., the Catholic Charities of Hudson Valley, the Baptist Workers Party as well as the "Vegan Community Project," of Indianapolis have been under surveillance.

MS Anderson was picked up for her support for an alleged protest planned for Taos NM against the use of llama fur.

After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, then Attorney General John Ashcroft, eased restrictions on the F.B.I.'s investigative powers, giving the bureau greater authority to visit and monitor Web sites, mosques and other public entities to develop terrorism leads. The bureau has used this power to investigate both groups with suspected ties to foreign terrorists and domestic organizations suspected of having links to protest, violent or disruptive activities.

“We based our plan on the model established by Attorney General John Mitchell in the 1970's’” said FBI spokesman E. Frances Symballist. “Elvis was investigated you know, as well as Jane Fonda, Bob Dylan and many other celebrities. This is really nothing unusual.”


Military Intelligence Officer, Col. Mitchell Lee Ecloosiff, said, “Ms Anderson we have learned was a participant is certain erotic, pornographic, movies which we have information may have been used to raise money for terrorist organizations. We intend to prob this allegation and stick a big fat monkeywrench far up any illicit plan she may be part of. If there she’s involved in a conspiracy she’ll bark like a dog about it soon enough, I guarantee!”

In a related story the Defense Department confirmed they released a group of 24 former officials in Saddam Hussein's government from an American military detention center over the weekend. Those turned loose included four leading figures alleged to have been crucial players in Hussein's program to develop weapons of mass destruction.

As most Americans have quickly forgotten, President Bush claimed Iraq’s imminent development of Weapons of Mass Destruction as the main reason for his invasion. Some of those released were considered “key players” in the alleged WMD programs. Their release seems to indicate that there REALLY wasn’t any such plan!

Dr. Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, an American-trained biologist who was the only woman on the Revolutionary Command Council, the Baath Party's politburo under Mr. Hussein, and Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha, a British-educated biologist, were released Saturday. Dr. Taha, was known as "Dr. Germ,"

Dr. Ammash, was No. 53 among the 55 wanted Iraqis on the "deck of cards" list issued by the Pentagon ahead of the invasion. Dr. Taha was not included on the list.

Col. Ecloosiff explained that now that the WMD issue was “off the table,” the new domestic spying program was now more rewarding for national security. “There are only 52 cards in a deck anyway. Besides I’m itching to get into this Pam Anderson thing as soon as possible. ”