The two Dominican nuns had mixed it up with the feds before. For more than 30 years they've worked against U.S. militarism. They've each spent several years in jail for acts of non-violent civil disobedience. They know what it is to be under surveillance.
But for Sr. Ardeth Platte, 72, and Sr. Carol Gilbert, 61, being listed as terrorism suspects in a federal data base was escalation of another order. This latest twist to their long story of resistance has played out internationally as a kind of absurdist tale -- the terrorist nuns -- of the Homeland Security era.
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