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Not surprisingly, the hyped up terrorist label is being used on pretty much anything that doesn’t conform to the views of the powers that be. This is the way is has always been in America of course. Critics that were once communists or fifth columnists are now terrorists. Awfully transparent isn’t it? (AP)

Jim Bensman thought his suggestion during a public hearing was harmless enough: Instead of building a channel so migratory fish could go around a dam on the Mississippi River, just get rid of the dam.

Instead, the environmental activist found himself in hot water, drawing FBI scrutiny to see whether he had any terrorist intentions.

The case “shows just how easy it is to be labeled a suspected terrorist,” he says.