Terror Watch List Claims Another Victim
| Tue Apr. 10, 2007 8:10 AM PDT
A leading constitutional scholar finds himself on the terrorist watch list for giving an anti-Bush lecture. Read the prof's background and full letter here. Watch the offending lecture here. Read a possible debunk, with some interesting stuff in the comments section, here. But first take a gander at the cliff noted version below.
"When I tried to use the curb-side check in at the Sunport, I was denied a boarding pass because I was on the Terrorist Watch list. I was instructed to go inside and talk to a clerk. At this point, I should note that I am not only the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence (emeritus) but also a retired Marine colonel. I fought in the Korean War as a young lieutenant, was wounded, and decorated for heroism. I remained a professional soldier for more than five years and then accepted a commission as a reserve office, serving for an additional 19 years."
"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."
"After carefully examining my credentials, the clerk asked if he could take them to TSA officials. I agreed. He returned about ten minutes later and said I could have a boarding pass, but added: "I must warn you, they=re going to ransack your luggage." On my return flight, I had no problem with obtaining a boarding pass, but my luggage was "lost." Airlines do lose a lot of luggage and this "loss" could have been a mere coincidence. In light of previous events, however, I'm a tad skeptical."
Emphasis mine. Looks like I'm probably on a list somewhere. Are you?
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Comments
That sounds like a situation where the no-fly list is yet again going too far. I thought the aim of the measure was to prevent Johnny Jihad from boarding a plane with intent on hijacking it. It's unfortunate that disagreeing with the president is considered unpatriot. That is very ridiculous and embarassing for TSA. They should be profiling people with actual ties to terrorism, not just anyone who doesn't like Bush- lame.
We should't be surprised at these new turn of affairs.The american people still stand on the sidelines as this" elected" Tyrant and his courtiers shred the constitution to pieces.I have no doubt that it was your solid military credentials that prevented them from being the true jackasses that they were itching to be.
Submitted by Bob DAmico (not verified) on Tue Apr. 10, 2007 11:53 AM PDT.
A previous poster said the 'elected Tyrant and his courtiers,. A very appropriate statement.
Who are those courtiers who also partake of the secret knowledge held by the Bushies under the guise of national security? They are the Republican Party computers, Halliburton computers and many other Big Business computers, also Neocon computers(AIPAC, PNAC, AEL, Heritage Foundation, Council On Foreign Relations, and Big religion computers, both catholic, my religion but not me, and evangelical fundies computers.
Scalia of the SCOTUS who reflects catholic and papal thinking said in a speech he gave in May, 2000 wherein he advicated the end of the rule of law in the US and further advocated the end of democracy in the US. Don't believe me? Look it up.
The administration assured us these things would NEVER happen.
And those of us who knew better were accused of being members of the tinfoil hat brigade.
Will the people never learn that this administration does NOT have the best interest of the people in mind?
Sounds very much like Vietnam war protestors. I signed a petition during the March on the Pentagon, joining about 64 other Viet Vets against the war.
There was an ad placed in the Sunday NYTimes in §4--News of the Week In Review--my name was the last on the list.
This was September. My GI ed. bennies check didn't arrive. I called the VA. "Oh, you moved, so your records went to another center. Call them."
I hadn't moved. Got all the checks the last year just fine. A Senator (Ken Keating), two congressmen did nothing. But one outrageous Action Line reporter from my hometown newspaper--I had worked there for a year before going to law school, but had never met Jim Blakely, the "outrageous reporter/editor of the Help! column--got my checks started again.
Years later, according to a biography of J. Edgar (a k a "Mary") Hoover, done by a Brit, Nixon had ordered J'edgar to "Get them," referring to the VVAW members.
Other members had more severe harrassments--and I believe the FBI broke into the VVAW offices in Philadelphia, did mail-monitoring (no e-mail in those days--was much harder to do this kind of surveilance than it is now.)
Another Republic Party President then, but the pattern seems to be the same. Yes, you have Freedom of speech, assembly and can petition the gov't for redress of grievances, but you'll pay a price. (The line the framers left out of the Bill of Rights.)
So much for the oath of office. Or oaths, plural, as more than one high-ranking elected official was involved.
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