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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

From The Department Of Fake Terrorism...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Apr 24 2008, 11:47 AM ET Comment

Yeah, remember these guys? They were the Haitian cats down in Miami who were in a cult, and were basically entrapped into declaring their intent to commit an act of terrorism. But man, you talk about a thought crime, get this:

...an F.B.I. search of the group’s headquarters in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami yielded no weapons or evidence of preparation for a large-scale attack.

Still the government is making a big deal out of this and trying these guys for the third time. If memory serves, Alberto Gonzales held a huge press conference when these guys were busted to puff out his chest and act like he was actually doing work. Turns out he was doing nothing of the sort.



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