In an article entitled: How to Survive in Ashcroft’s America, Anis Shivani writes about his thoughts on staying below the FBI’s radar in this Age of TIPS.

Wonder if I should file a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI to see if they have a file on me from ten years ago as a college activist. ..

But isn’t that likely to make me hot instead of cold and trigger an inquiry? Why would I be asking for it unless I had something to be concerned about? All right, save that for informational (and bragging) purposes until after 2008. . .

Occasionally visit National Review and Weekly Standard sites in case library Internet habits are being tracked; just to throw them off. . .

Boy, I’m glad I’m a regular reader of Volokh… and there is that online subscription to the Opinion Journal from the Wall Street Journal… Maybe I’ll be safe…

Log on to eblots, a fun, internet age interpretation of the Rorschach ink-blot test. Of course there’s no diagnosis offered, but — this being the internet and all — you can see everyone else’s responses… and wonder about them! [Via Stephen's Web]