{"id":995,"date":"2007-03-31T12:14:57","date_gmt":"2007-03-31T18:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=995"},"modified":"2017-06-06T05:44:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T11:44:57","slug":"us-fascist-crackdown-in-small-olympic-peninsula-logging-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/us-fascist-crackdown-in-small-olympic-peninsula-logging-town\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Fascist Crackdown in Small Olympic Peninsula (Washington State) Logging Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Checkpoint sticks in Forks&#8217; craw<br \/>\nBy Danny Westneat, Seattle Times staff columnist<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/mapwaol21.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/mapwaol2.thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"mapwaol2.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nThe old logging town of Forks is filled with independent-minded folks who &#8220;live in the middle of nowhere. And want to keep it that way,&#8221; jokes the mayor.<\/p>\n<p>So it didn&#8217;t go over so well when the feds showed up last week and, in the name of fighting terrorism, made locals vouch for their citizenship. &#8220;It has created a lot of turmoil out here,&#8221; says Nedra Reed, mayor of the town of 3,200 on the far side of the Olympic Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at 8 a.m. last Thursday, federal Border Patrol agents blocked the highway outside town. For four hours, every car, truck and bus driving south on Highway 101 was pulled off the road and all passengers questioned.<\/p>\n<p>(More)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checkpoint sticks in Forks&#8217; craw By Danny Westneat, Seattle Times staff columnist The old logging town of Forks is filled with independent-minded folks who &#8220;live in the middle of nowhere. And want to keep it that way,&#8221; jokes the mayor. 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