…George Orwell’s “thoughtcrime”–the equating of mental disloyalty with actual sedition–has gone mainstream. Media discussion about the recent trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, accused of possibly maybe thinking about becoming the “20th hijacker” on 9/11–or was it the second 20th hijacker?–spanned a vast spectrum of acceptable political discourse. The “conservatives” demanded that Moussaoui be executed, the “liberals” that he be sentenced to life in prison. Nowhere in the press or on the air could anyone be found who was willing to ask the most obvious question:

Why was the guy on trial at all?
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