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Thread #40786   Message #586603
Posted By: GUEST
06-Nov-01 - 07:08 AM
Thread Name: It Can't Happen Here? (U.S. Freedom lost
Subject: RE: It Can't Happen Here? (U.S. Freedom lost
This story seems to have originated as both an email and a press release. On Saturday, the Independent Media website first had the press release, purportedly posted by the Green Party USA, I think. Then there was a correction story, saying the woman was not on any Green Party committee, but was simply a member of a green organization. For those of you not familiar with the party politics of the Green Party, this Nancy Oden represents a splinter/faction Green Party member. The Green Party had a group against Nader's candidacy split off apparently.

Anyway, as of yesterday, the only article on the main Indy Media website was one saying the whole thing was a publicity stunt. Which it may have been. But my guess is, this person was likely a bit paranoid about the security to begin with, got a bit testy with an overly zealous National Guardsman, and it all went to hell from there.

Certainly not a national civil liberties scandal, although I'd suggest it may have qualified as a local one. It does sound to me as if the security people likely over-stepped the bounds of even "random" checks in this case. Plenty of people are getting testy going through these security checks, here and now. And plenty of gung-ho John Wayne Guardia boys are coming down too heavy. What with American impatience with such things, I say its maybe Thanksgiving, maybe Christmas holiday crunch time when the shit hits the fan over excess security delays that aren't doing jack shit to improve flying safety for passengers, hmmmm?