Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

August 2, 2011

Sterling Heights, Michigan resident Ramsey Tossa is an Iraqi expatriate who served as a translator for U.S. troops occupying his country. He lived under the reign of one-time Washington subcontractor Saddam Hussein, and assisted in the military operation that led to his capture.

It?s reasonable to surmise that Mr. Tossa, and many of his relatives, are familiar with the dreaded ?2:00 a.m. knock? that is a familiar tactic of secret police everywhere, including in Saddam?s Iraq. It?s also reasonable to believe that once Tossa became a naturalized U.S. citizen, he never expected to experience that kind of state terrorism in America. Nonetheless, Mr. Tossa?s home was recently invaded by a paramilitary team from the DEA, who thrust open the doors at 2 a.m., seized Tossa by the neck and threw him to the ground, and held him at gunpoint while his wife and daughter looked on in horror.

The thugs gave no explanation and certainly didn?t display a warrant. It was later revealed that the DEA was looking for someone who didn?t even live at that address.

"The first thing I thought was they were terrorists,? Tossa later recalled. His first impression was unassailably correct.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.