Yesterday I spoke with a Mr. Miller at the FBI’s Record Information Dissemination Section (RIDS). This was the latest chapter in their glacier-paced response to my March 2006 Freedom of Information Act request on Farouk Abdel-Muhti, on whom I’ve been producing a documentary, Enemy Alien. To catch up with me here I recommend you read [...]
Archive for June, 2008
FBI Anti-Accountability Shield, Chapter Two
Posted in Immigrants rights, Palestine, Personal, tagged FBI FOIA national security documentary Farouk Abdel-Muh on June 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ibiza part one
Posted in Personal on June 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We got a prime hotel room — from a tourist perspective, at least — San Antoni is Ibiza’s tourist hub, with a big harbor and a beach lined with bars and restaurants.
I liked the added adventure of being in a foreign land driving stick which I hadn’t done much in almost a decade…it took about [...]
Madrid part two: Holy Toledo
Posted in Classified, Personal on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For anyone who’s traveled Europe this fortified-city thing is probably old hat, but for a rube like me who’s only been out of the country a few times it was like walking into a fairy tale.
The whole city was basically a fortress with a bridge over a moat (which was probably a proper river) leading [...]
Idyllic Iberian Odyssey: Madrid part one
Posted in Personal on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is there another word with as inexplicable a spelling as “Odyssey”? I used to be a proofreader and it’s the one word I’m still never sure about.
Our honeymoon (May 14-28) was the first time we’d traveled out of the country together. After some deliberation we chose Madrid and Ibiza. Madrid was where Michelle’s uncle and [...]
Anti-Muslim Hysterics Sticking their Bigoted Noses All Up in My ‘Hood: UPDATE
Posted in Immigrants rights on June 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s a lot of crawlies out there. I posted this video I shot on YouTube almost a year ago and the comments keep coming in. They’re a barometer of the hysteria against “Islamofascists” — apparently some people really believe that the U.S. is somehow in danger of becoming a Muslim theocracy, [...]
The Big Day
Posted in Personal, tagged wedding love marriage Rumi on June 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Michelle & I met & started dating over six years ago, we’ve been living together more than three years. I’d seen her that morning — she kissed me goodbye at 6am and left to go do her hair & makeup. We did pictures that morning so I’d spent a bunch of time with her in [...]
