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Peter Watts Sentenced

Dr. Peter Watts, recently convicted, basically, of the felony crime of not cowering quickly enough when the US Border Patrol decided to search his car as he was leaving this country a few months back, has been sentenced, and I’m glad to see the judge didn’t give him any actual jail time. But Dr. Watts [...]

Peter Watts Arrested by US Border Patrol

Dr. Peter Watts, Hugo-nominated Canadian SF author, was punched in the face and arrested by the US Border Patrol, who are charging him with assaulting a federal officer, apparently for getting out of his car and asking why they wanted to search it. This happened while he was crossing the border from the US into [...]