From the Politech archives: "John Gilmore sues Feds over secret your-papers-please rule" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03776.html "Phila. man hassled, detained, barred from flight because of book" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02675.html --- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:38:37 -0800 To: declanat_private From: edwardat_private Subject: Grounded edwardat_private thought you would be interested in this article at Salon.com http://www.salon.com Your friend's message: There are some obvious errors in this story (e.g. JetBlue doesn't fly to Newark), but it's still significant news. You can read the story for free if you first watch an online ad... - - - - - - - - - - - - Grounded By David Lindorff http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/11/15/no_fly/index.html --- Excerpt: But now, for the first time, a spokesman for the new Transportation Security Administration has acknowledged that the government has a list of about 1,000 people who are deemed "threats to aviation" and not allowed on airplanes under any circumstances. And in an interview with Salon, the official suggested that Olshansky and other political activists may be on a separate list that subjects them to strict scrutiny but allows them to fly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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