Michael, I think you ask a very reasonable question, and I believe Gargoyle has given what is most likely the right answer.

Max is not going to refuse to give the information requested. He isn't going to risk any such thing to protect the identities of any posters here, no matter how much he likes them.

I believe your question is also pretty timely. Are you asking now, because of today's arrests of the supposed "Palestinian terrorists", one of whom is a university professor in Florida?

This is getting very scary. The US, to my knowledge, is not at war with the Palestinians, or with Hamas, Islamic Jihad, or any other Palestinian groups. These people are being rounded up for their associations with Palestinian nationalists and militants, and for membership in an association which "sympathizes" with them.

So, if anyone here is a member of Irish NORAID, or a party member of Sinn Fein...well. I think people will get the picture. The roundups of political dissidents has now begun.