Senator calls for The Anarchist Cookbook to be “removed from the Internet”

In the wake of the arrest of two women accused of attempting to build a bomb, Sen Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) wrote on her website that the 1971 book "The Anarchist Cookbook" on bomb making, which may have aided the terror suspects in some small way, should be "banned from the Internet.” The Senator seems to fail to realize that not only has "The Anarchist Cookbook" been in print for decades (it’s sold on Amazon!), but also has openly circulated online for nearly the same period of time. In short, removing it from the Internet would be impossible. "I am particularly struck that the alleged bombers made use of online bombmaking guides like the Anarchist Cookbook and Inspire Magazine,” Sen Feinstein wrote. "These documents are not, in my view, protected by the First Amendment and should be removed from the Internet."