Rather deplores this self-censorship but reserves his strongest words for the US Government and in his view their manipulation of the public according to who gets access and information and who doesn't.

BBC: Is truth a victim?

In other words, according to the government's own evidence, the organizations now threatening to withhold their "cooperation" from the FBI are the sort whose assistance would have to be considered profoundly suspect, at best - and misleading, suborning and even seditious, at worst.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Republicans contend otherwise and say the ad "underscores the high stakes America faces in the global war on terror by using the words of the terrorists themselves as they describe their intention towards the United States, " according to a statement.

CNN: GOP terrorism ad sparks Democratic furor