BBC says bloggers are in danger in the US?? What the hell?

I read this article by the BBC about blogger arrests on the rise, and was going to say something about it anyway. But Michelle Malkin, more astute than I am, noticed this line in the article:

The report predicted that the number of blogger arrests in 2008 would exceed the 36 seen in 2007 thanks to greater popularity of blogging as a medium, greater enforcement of net restrictions, and elections in China, Pakistan, Iran and the US.

The US? That statement is nothing short of outrageous. I don't think it's a typo; the quote has been there all day.

Lumping the US in with China, Pakistan, and Iran? Exactly what do they base that on? Who has been threatened in the US for simply blogging? In the report that the BBC references, there are three (out of 64) arrests mentioned in the US; one was related to terrorism, another to child pornography, and the last one for failing to turn over evidence to police, which really wasn't a blogging issue. The article also says:

The report pointed out that it is not just governments in the Middle East and East Asia that have taken steps against those publishing their opinions online. In the last four years, British, French, Canadian and American bloggers have also been arrested.

I don't know about the US, but bloggers have been arrested in Europe for writing politically incorrect speech - see here and here, for example.