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jjmaccrimmonA good friend posted this story and associated news article in her journal and I went beyond livid after reading this.
Here's the news article about a young woman from Iceland who flew into NYC for a shopping trip. She'd visited the US over a decade before.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22263392/
Here's her account (translated) with vivid detail on how our Homeland (fucking fasist term) Security people treated her.
http://eggmann.blog.is/blog/eggmann/entry/389611/
Imagine a country where the people who guard the borders have a high school (or lower) level education. Imagine a bewildering set of rules, restrictions and protocols they must follow, but they aren't accessible to the public or human rights groups. Imagine that these people have the right to detain, question and imprison 'foriegners' for days, weeks and months on end without ever giving a reason, producing charges or permitting (legally mandated) contact with Consular officials of your government..
Welcome to Amerika! Special thanks to the "USA Patriot Act" for making all this insanity possible.
To tell you, I have visited Iceland where the young woman in the story is from. These are perhaps the friendiest and most easy going people in the world. This is inexecusable behavior on the part of the small minded, dim-witted and cruel 'Homeland' insecurity apperatchiks.
Imay will e-mail this young woman to express my shame as citizen of what used to be a free country and beacon to the world. NO-ONE should be treated like this. S he was denied her basic rights to contact her embassy, counsel and to have summary review per multiple diplomatic agreements and treaties.
Here's the news article about a young woman from Iceland who flew into NYC for a shopping trip. She'd visited the US over a decade before.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22263392/
Here's her account (translated) with vivid detail on how our Homeland (fucking fasist term) Security people treated her.
http://eggmann.blog.is/blog/eggmann/entry/389611/
Imagine a country where the people who guard the borders have a high school (or lower) level education. Imagine a bewildering set of rules, restrictions and protocols they must follow, but they aren't accessible to the public or human rights groups. Imagine that these people have the right to detain, question and imprison 'foriegners' for days, weeks and months on end without ever giving a reason, producing charges or permitting (legally mandated) contact with Consular officials of your government..
Welcome to Amerika! Special thanks to the "USA Patriot Act" for making all this insanity possible.
To tell you, I have visited Iceland where the young woman in the story is from. These are perhaps the friendiest and most easy going people in the world. This is inexecusable behavior on the part of the small minded, dim-witted and cruel 'Homeland' insecurity apperatchiks.
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