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An anti-ICE agitator has been found guilty of committing a series of federal criminal offenses at the ICE facility in Portland last summer. David Pearl, 35, of Portland, Oregon, was convicted Tuesday for creating a disturbance at the ICE facility and failing to obey a lawful order. He was found guilty during a four-hour bench trial before US District Court Judge Jolie A. Russo. Pearl has been sentenced to one year of probation and must complete 10 hours of community service. He is the first of dozens of protesters to take his case to trial over alleged offenses committed at...

I went to the Boston Phoenix's Web site two weeks ago and read its argument for linking readers to the full video of Daniel Pearl's murder. I clicked on the link and watched as Pearl spoke into the camera, acknowledging his Jewishness and other things. Everything was blacked out except Pearl's head. It was clear that his remarks were edited and made under duress, so they were not his own. Then I turned it off. I didn't have the heart or stomach to watch the rest. I know what happens. His throat is slit and his head is cut off....