Gov't Puts Witness On No Fly List, Then Denies Having Done So

cathyreisenwitz sends word of a San Francisco trial in which the U.S. government appears to be manipulating the no-fly list to its advantage. The court case involves a Stanford Ph.D. student who was barred from returning to the U.S. after visiting her native Malaysia. She's one of roughly 700,000 people on the no-fly list. Here's the sketchy part: the woman's eldest daughter, who was born in the U.S. and is a U.S. citizen, was called as a witness for the trial. Unfortunately, she mysteriously found herself on the no-fly list as well, and wasn't able to board a plane to come to the trial. Lawyers for the Department of Justice told the court that she simply missed her plane, but she was able to provide documents from the airline explaining that the Department of Homeland Security was not allowing her to fly.

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Re:Guys... chill!

[Anonymous Coward]

Malaysia's not part of the U.S.

Dictatorship

[Taco Cowboy]

I've once read an article by a guy who managed to escape a dictatorship

I escaped from the dictatorship of the CCP, I have experienced dictatorship first hand.

I do not like what the government of the United States is doing, but in this case, we gotta look WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING

That plaintiff, Dr. Rahimah Ibrahim, from Malaysia, is a SUPPORTER of a racist and fascist regime of Malaysia.

She is an avid supporter of UMNO - a RACIST ORGANIZATION which is still practicing APARTHEID in the country that it rules over (Malaysia, in this case).

UMNO is also an Islamic organization that actively supports GLOBAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM.

Through the support of UMNO, the jihadists in the southern Thailand and in southern Philippines got their training inside Malaysia.

It was the Malaysian army which taught those jihadists the bomb making techniques, and taught them how to carry out terrorist attacks.

For that purpose, UMNO actually set up a secret military base inside the thick jungle in Borneo and many batches of terrorists were trained.

UMNO not only provide training to those jihadist terrorists but also provide monetary / intelligent support, as well as supply them with weapons and explosives.

All these have already been very well documented by many parties, including the United Nations.

In other words, the "victim" in this case isn't as "innocent" as she claims to be.

She is an active player in an organization which supports the global jihadist movement.

I do not know why the US government puts her on the no-fly-list, but that Dr. Rahimah Ibrahim certainly isn't an innocent party to begin with.