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Aaron Proctor, a Philadelphia-based libertarian writer, can count himself the latest victim of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization that ironically claims to work for civil rights.
Proctor, a colorful commentator for the Philadelphia version of Examiner.com, had the temerity to investigate CAIRs dubious background in connection with its Philadelphia branchs planned fundraising dinner on March 12 at a municipal facility, the Springfield Country Club.
Setting its sights on the weaker adversary, CAIR-PA sent the local police Proctors photograph and accused him of being a potential security threat. In a letter to a senior staffer at the Examiner, CAIR-PA charged Proctor with hate speech, bigotry, and slander and issued a strongly worded request for the writers dismissal.
Frightened by CAIRs threats of libel proceedings and references to hate speech, the Examiner folded. On February 11, management suspended Proctor from work while it reviewed the legalities of his anti-CAIR articles.
In an email sent on February 14, Proctor wrote about his tangling with this supposed champion of civil liberties:
To say that I wasnt scared not only for my life but for my loved ones due to the threats from CAIR would be a gross understatement. Its scary when you read someone has emailed the police about you when you havent even made a threat to them and wouldnt do anything more than write about them.
Proctor disclosed that although he had won back his job at the Examiner, the experience left him shaken:
I have been reinstated on Examiner.com today. As a precaution (and of my own free will, not suggested to be [sic] by anyone), Ive taken down my CAIR articles and will no longer focus on any further stories about Islam or CAIR. I guess thats the end game [sic] of terrorism: scaring people into[not] speaking out and keeping people away from seeking out their livelihood.
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