https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/13/americas-free-speech-retreat/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:26:28 -0400<![CDATA[If anything, the official U.S. reaction has boosted the value of attacks against American free expression. Hassan Sanei, the head of Iran’s state-run institute 15 Khordad raised the bounty on novelist Salman Rushdie’s head by $500,000, to $3.3 million, on September 16. In Pakistan, a country that receives more than $1 billion in U.S. aid per year, a government minister offered a $100,000 bounty for the “noble cause” of murdering the men behind Innocence of Muslims.]]>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:20:13 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/13/americas-free-speech-retreat-n280427