RE: [H] US not a nice place to travel through

[Hayes Elkins]

This has technically always been the case since WWII when the POTUS was 
allowed to designate an individual as an enemy combatant.

From: Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] US not a nice place to travel through
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:53:05 -0300
http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot_flyrights_20050811

This is scary.

"Mason (a senior lawyer for the US government) said the interpretation 
means travellers can be detained without charge, denied the right to 
consult a lawyer, and even refused necessities such as food and sleep."

Is this for real?  Sounds sort of insane to me.

I guess it's now "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses 
yearning to breathe free...unless they're just passing through...then tell 
'em to watch out!" <grin>

T