BAPTIST PRESS ON PAUL WILLIAMS & FREE SPEECH

The Last Crusade ^ | Oct.24, 2009 | Erin Roach

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'Libel tourism' assaults free speech

By Erin Roach

The Baptist Press

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In the debate over Intelligent Design, William Dembski is wary of a new trend dubbed "libel tourism" that may force Americans to submit to lawsuits in other countries for alleged crimes that otherwise would be protected by the First Amendment.

Dembski, research professor of philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, noted on his blog the case of Paul L. Williams, a Pennsylvania-based journalist and National Book Award-winning author who is facing trial in Canada because of a loophole in free trade agreements.

Such agreements, including NAFTA, give foreign entities the right to take action against American citizens, Williams said. He is being sued for revealing potential terrorist threats from al-Qaida affiliates at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, in his 2006 book, "The Dunces of Doomsday.”

Williams contends that McMaster University has harbored leading al-Qaida operatives, including one who has been described by the U.S. Justice Department as "the next Mohammad Atta" and has been commissioned to lead the next attack on U.S. soil.

McMaster, with a prominent engineering school, houses a 5-megawatt nuclear reactor, one of the largest reactors for educational purposes in the western hemisphere, Williams said.

When the operatives left McMaster, 180 pounds of nuclear material was reported missing, though the university claimed no material was missing from the reactor but radiological material was missing from pharmacological and medical facilities, Williams said.

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If you listen to liberal talk radio like Randi Rhodes, you will hear them openly discuss the criminalization of free speech. It is their dream.