Glenn Hutchinson, Imagine 2050. November 30, 2011.
The students were going to a Conference called “Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Leaders,” but one passenger worried that they could be terrorists and alerted the flight crew.
Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. November 28, 2011.
If the government wants to track us, it has never been easier. The ubiquitous and relatively invisible private collection of data serves as a sort of outsourcing of surveillance.
One of the most ridiculous parts of flying are the red carpets installed at boarding gates for "priority" passengers: the rich, the famous, the holders of frequent-flier cards.
Independent journalist Brandon Jourdan had all of his documents, computer, phone and camera flash drives searched and copied upon arriving at a US airport.
