Spence: $2M settlement underscores loss of freedom

Jackson attorney battles FBI, big government, Patriot Act.

By Angus M. Thuermer Jr.
December 6, 2006

Fresh from winning a $2 million settlement in a suit against the FBI for wrongly tying an Oregon lawyer to the Madrid bombing case, Jackson Hole attorney Gerry Spence warned Tuesday of growing fascism in America.

“It’s a very frightening time in our country,” said Spence, who has made a career championing the cases of the common man and underdogs. “What happens is that the corporate king, or the government-corporate king, the two combined, [are] leading us into fascism.” Click here for more.