The Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader criticizes the government for its sloppy and mean-spirited application of the Patriot Act: “Losi Grodya, who lives in Lexington with her son and is preparing for citizenship, recently learned that her five daughters have been classified under the Patriot Act as suspected of providing material support to a terrorist group.

Grodya says her daughters were victims of kidnapping, rape and God knows what other horrors after she was separated from them in the violence. She was unable to find them despite searching across national borders.

She has since re-established contact and is trying to bring her daughters to this country.

Rep. Ben Chandler’s office is taking an interest in Grodya’s case and received an e-mail from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, saying essentially that U.S. officials in Kenya are waiting for word from Washington on how to apply the law.

It’s troubling that our government seems to have so much trouble distinguishing between perpetrators and victims of terror.”

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