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David Rittgers, a legal-policy analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, said the threshold had become much lower in recent years for federal disaster assistance, with FEMA becoming more involved in what he described as "small-town tornadoes" that might only damage a few structures.

FEMA Runs Low on Disaster-Relief Funds Nathan Hodge 2011

But apparently not just yet, since via an appropriately horrified David Rittgers at the Cato blog I see that Tony Blankley has an op-ed pushing for comprehensive press censorship.

Matthew Yglesias » Blankley Calls for Comprehensive Press Censorship 2009

David Rittgers, a legal policy analyst at the Cato Institute, served three tours in Afghanistan as a Special Forces officer and continues to serve as a reserve judge advocate.

David Rittgers: Domestic Military Detention Isn't Necessary David Rittgers 2011

Rittgers was particularly appalled, as was I, by the performance of Senator Ben Cardin :

VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Hate Crime Bill: Some did not flinch 2009

Rittgers was particularly appalled, as was I, by the performance of Senator Ben Cardin :

Hate Crime Bill: Some did not flinch 2009

Rittgers was particularly appalled, as was I, by the performance of Senator Ben Cardin :

Hate Crime Bill: Some did not flinch 2009

As a complete aside, I went to law school with Rittgers and worked on a journal with him.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Hate Crimes and Double Jeopardy: 2009

Rittgers said she will be sent to the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio and may be eligible for parole in as little as six months.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

"After speaking with her family, I think it is unlikely," said Charles M. Rittgers, one of the attorneys who represented Stacy Schuler, a 33-year-old former gym teacher.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

A report coming out later this week by fellow Cato scholar David Rittgers -- which calls for breaking apart the department into more "practical groupings" -- cited several of those incidents, including a California center that used DHS money to get 55 large-screen TVs for a new training system but did not get the training software, and an Ohio county that bought a HAZMAT trailer with DHS money and then sold it.

FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011