by Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Craig Roberts:

“You are only free to speak your mind in the US if you are saying what the authorities want you to say.” — Tara Reade

An American, even a former US Marine and UN weapons inspector, who takes issue with official explanations dear to Washington’s heart, will be accused, as Scott Ritter is, of manipulating the American public “on behalf of the Russian government.”

In other words free speech, especially if it is true, is now effectively criminalized despite its Constitutional protection.