FBI and special branch take Morrissey in for questioning
rot | 26.02.2006 13:42 | Anti-militarism | Culture | Repression | World
Hot on the heels of news about actors being questioned for potential thought crime after playing terrorists in a film, now we have the Smiths front man being quizzed by thought police after comments denouncing the war in Iraq.
Former Smiths frontman, says he was interrogated by the FBI and Special Branch over his outspoken criticism of the US and British governments. Morrissey had previously named Bush as a terrorist and denounced the war in Iraq.
In an interview with the NME he said, "The FBI and the Special Branch have investigated me and I've been interviewed and taped and so forth.". He also said that the experience showed that neither country was a democratic society.
Explaining what he thought had prompted the move, the 46-year-old said: "My view is that neither England or America are democratic societies. You can't really speak your mind and if you do you're investigated even though it's just a basic process that must be done."
In 2004 Morrissey urged American voters to get rid of President Bush, saying he had turned the US into the most "neurotic and terror-obsessed country on the planet".
In an interview with the NME he said, "The FBI and the Special Branch have investigated me and I've been interviewed and taped and so forth.". He also said that the experience showed that neither country was a democratic society.
Explaining what he thought had prompted the move, the 46-year-old said: "My view is that neither England or America are democratic societies. You can't really speak your mind and if you do you're investigated even though it's just a basic process that must be done."
In 2004 Morrissey urged American voters to get rid of President Bush, saying he had turned the US into the most "neurotic and terror-obsessed country on the planet".
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Heaven knows....
26.02.2006 17:44
Amused
Ah but
27.02.2006 00:16
Perhaps he's still ill.
Observer
(Mailed) hand in glove
27.02.2006 18:50
Hammer
First...
27.02.2006 20:15
Teaspoon
After all
27.02.2006 20:16
Amused
Direct Action Required!
28.02.2006 08:51
Pete
shove your hamburger
28.02.2006 15:34
Is it home of the free -
Or what ?
Oh, here is london
Home of the brash, outrageous and free
You are repressed
But you’re remarkably dressed
Is it real ?
"The sorrow of the Brighton bombing is that she escaped unscathed. The sorrow is that she's still alive. But I feel relatively happy about it. I think that for once the IRA were accurate in selecting their targets."
Danny
6 Long Years on his Trail...
28.02.2006 22:54
If they tortured him, was it with a light that never went out?
Haha
Mozza
01.03.2006 20:58
Gorgeous George
Torture
01.03.2006 23:07
Amused Again