While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” District Attorney B. Alison Sosebee, of the appalachian judicial circuit of the confederate state of georgia, orders the arrest of Mark Thomason, publisher of the Fanin (County) Focus, and his attorney Russell Stookey.  Thomason had filed continued requests under the georgia Open Records Act, seeking to expose corruption under the leadership of Brenda Weaver, chief judge of the AJC.

        [added 1/5/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

7/26/2016                   8/2/2016

References:

Georgia publisher jailed after filing open records request | www.myajc.com.htm
www.myajc.com/news/news/local/newspaper-publisher-indicted-jailed-over-public-re/nrqgq/

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