RILEY YATES, UNION LEADER - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich
yesterday said the country will be forced to reexamine freedom of speech
to meet the threat of terrorism. Gingrich, speaking at a Manchester
awards banquet, said a "different set of rules" may be needed to reduce
terrorists' ability to use the Internet and free speech to recruit and
get out their message. "We need to get ahead of the curve before we
actually lose a city, which I think could happen in the next decade,"
said Gingrich, a Republican who helped engineer the GOP's takeover of
Congress in 1994.
Gingrich spoke to about 400 state and local power brokers last night at
the annual Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment award dinner, which fetes
people and organizations that stand up for freedom of speech.
Gingrich sharply criticized campaign finance laws he charged were
reducing free speech and doing little to fight attack advertising. He
also said court rulings over separation of church and state have hurt
citizens' ability to express themselves and their faith. . .
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