Speaking of the DNC

It seems I'm not the only one who thinks that circulation of "unconfirmed reports" by the FBI to the effect that domestic terrorists were planning to attack media vehicles with "explosives or incendiary devices" was intended to frighten media away from covering protests. James Ridgeway, writing in the July 29 Village Voice, says the same thing, even saying the FBI's Boston field office "faked" the threat.

Mark Potok, editor of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report, which tracks the far right, told Glynn Wilson of the serious-minded Southerner Daily News blog, "We have had no indication whatsoever, not an inkling, that there is any kind of violent action planned by the radical right in Boston. We follow these groups quite closely."

In fact, it would be out of keeping with such groups' histories to attack the media, which they would much rather use than drive away. (Which, I suppose, is pretty much true of all of us.)