{"id":1371,"date":"2011-11-11T23:54:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T23:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/11\/bill-in-congress-seeks-to-investigate-us-boat-to\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:30:02","slug":"bill-in-congress-seeks-to-investigate-us-boat-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/11\/bill-in-congress-seeks-to-investigate-us-boat-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill in Congress seeks to investigate US Boat to Gaza for &#8220;terrorist&#8221; ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a style=\"font-weight:bold;font-size:16px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/658881636\/bill-in-congress-seeks-to-investigate-us-boat-to-gaza-for-terrorist-ties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/lPFILVOT1XM6Ms1VZ2tR4Tl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><br \/>A bill introduced in the United States Congress last month would require the State Department to investigate \u201cThe sources of any logistical, technical, or financial support for the Gaza flotilla ships, including the Audacity of Hope, that were set to set sail from Greece on July 1, 2011.\u201d<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blog\/ali-abunimah\/bill-congress-seeks-investigate-us-boat-gaza-terrorist-ties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Via electronicintifada.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; LibertiesA bill introduced in the United States Congress last month would require the State Department to investigate \u201cThe sources of any logistical, technical, or financial support for the Gaza flotilla ships, including the Audacity of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/11\/bill-in-congress-seeks-to-investigate-us-boat-to\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1334,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/11\/30\/south-africa-parliament-passes-secrecy-bill\/","url_meta":{"origin":1371,"position":0},"title":"South Africa Parliament Passes Secrecy Bill","author":"aslam","date":"November 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesThe legislation, called the Protection of State Information Bill, seeks to update state-secrets legislation the ruling African National Congress party said was last changed 30 years ago, during the apartheid era.Via blogs.wsj.com","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1403,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/10\/27\/protect-ip-act-breaks-the-internet\/","url_meta":{"origin":1371,"position":1},"title":"PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet","author":"aslam","date":"October 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! 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