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Probably just a coincidence, but….

Bin Laden Costume and Toy Gun Bring Arrest

South Portland, Maine. Nov. 1, AP – The lawyer who divulged President Bush’s drunken-driving arrest days before the 2000 election was arrested at gunpoint yesterday after he was seen on a highway construction site carrying a toy gun while dressed in an Osama bin Laden costume.

Tom Connolly, 49, of Scarborough, was charged with criminal threatening after he stood at the site visible to commuters on Interstate 295 while wearing the Halloween costume and waving a sign…

“There was a First Amendment this morning when I woke up. I don’t know how it evaporated with the dawn,” said Connolly, who drew national attention when he was identified as the Democrat who tipped off the media to Bush’s 1976 drunken-driving arrest in Kennebunkport.

Connolly has been known for wearing costumes to make political statements, typically donning a Bush mask and dancing for passing motorists.

(Thanks to Donald Ramsell.)

The following article pretty much speaks for itself:

Patrol: Ohio Trooper Wasn't Drinking

COLUMBUS, Oct 31. Associated Press – A highway patrolman who crashed into a pickup last month, killing himself and two others, had not been drinking even though an autopsy showed alcohol in his system, officials said Tuesday.

An analysis conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration on trooper Joshua Risner found he did not drink any alcohol at least 16 hours before his death, the State Highway Patrol said in a statement. The finding contradicts an earlier post-crash autopsy that found Risner's blood-alcohol level was 0.08 percent, the level at which a person is considered drunk under Ohio law.

"This test tells us that alcohol got into his system post-mortem, after death," patrol Col. Paul McClellan said…

Try selling that if the guy hadn't been a cop. (Coincidentally, I would guess this "investigation" protects the government from liability for the two deaths caused by the on-duty officer.) (Thanks to B. Coddington.)