"I presented my credentials from the Marine Corps to a very polite clerk for American Airlines. One of the two people to whom I talked asked a question and offered a frightening comment: "Have you been in any peace marches? We ban a lot of people from flying because of that." I explained that I had not so marched but had, in September, 2006, given a lecture at Princeton, televised and put on the Web, highly critical of George Bush for his many violations of the Constitution. "That'll do it," the man said. "
Full story here. (via Andrew.)
I hope the news media would look into this and discover if the Bush administration is indeed placing critics on the terrorist no-fly list. One wonders how Cindy Sheehan gets around.
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