Mike Hawash is a software engineer who helped develop the MMX standard for Intel, VFW, and several other innovative products.

Mike Hawash is a published author who has worked to share his affinity and knowledge of technology with others.

Mike Hawash was generous enough to donate some of his money to charity.

Mike Hawash is currently being held in solitary confinement.

Mike Hawash is a tremendously lucky man. He has friends with anglo-saxon surnames, who make webpages and write letters to the paper , and to their congressmen.

There are thousands of other innocent people who are currently being denied their basic rights who don't have tech savvy friends, or people in high places who'll help carry their banner. They are sitting in jail, on charges that amount to little more than being of Arabic descent. They are waiting for a court date that may never arrive, while their families struggle to make rent.

Stop by freemikehawash.org. Write a letter to your congressman. Get angry about it - it's wrong. But don't forget for one second that this is only the tip of the iceberg.

posted by Lorna Brown at 6:57 PM