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Citizenfour Director Sues To Find Out Why She Was Detained Every Time She Flew
An anonymous reader writes: Since the 2006 release of My Country, My Country, Laura Poitras has left and re-entered the U.S. roughly 40 times. Virtually every time during that six-year-period that she has returned to the U.S., her plane has been met by DHS agents who stand at the airplane door or tarmac and inspect the passports of every de-planing passenger until they find her (on the handful of occasions where they did not meet her at the plane, agents were called when she arrived at immigration). Each time, they detain her, and then interrogate her at length about where she went and with whom she met or spoke. They have exhibited a particular interest in finding out for whom she works.
Pretty sure there's a freedom of association clause in the Constitution.
It took me forever to find, but there it is, right next to the freedom of the press clause, in a whole section about this, right at the top of the Bill of Rights. Very easy to gloss right over that.
http://dailycaller.com/2015/06...
Another blatant case of government employees trying to get even with people they don't agree with.
It's not about not being able to make an educated guess she'd bet on, but getting the official reason. At that point, it's possible to make a case that the reason is unconstitutional.
Wow, what a laugh, as if this is a reason to get those in authority to respond with answers, or even respond at all.
In other words, take a number and get in fucking line. Most of the police-state actions our government takes these days is blatantly unconstitutional.
And there's not a fucking thing you can do about it. Those days are long gone.
So all former and current members of Congress who served with any of the people on this list should be subject to the same level of scrutiny every single time they travel?
#RacistFlagsMustGo(except for Black Power flags)
For the record, there actually was never a civil war where one side fought for the right to own white people under the banner of a "black power" flag. Also, there is not to this day (nor was there ever) a state that still flies that flag of white oppression.
Might be. I wonder if the CIA/DOD/executive branch folks who helped armed ISIS are also on a list like that.
There is no legal grey area, you have been sucked in by a lie. A countries law only ceases to fully apply within a country at foreign diplomatic sites, no where else does it occur. It is a policy lie, a purposeful abuse of the law, enforced by criminal application of the law, using high cost and the courts to prevent the end of the abuse of law. Show where in the constitution laws and citizens rights are abridged at particular locations, outside of having been prosecuted for a crime.
The mistake as a citizen was answering questions in the first place. Do it once and they will demand it every time, refuse to talk and eventually they give up, does not stop them from trying again but again they eventually give up. Keep falling for the lie, that you are a slave and must obey whenever they tell you that you are a slave and must obey and you become that slave.
Likely the best response is the funny Star Trek one, "That's a stupid question" and stick with it, I am certain you will find it and their reaction a whole lot more humorous than they will.
Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
No doubt government is always attempting to co-opt the press to portray only what makes them look good and they have been successful to a degree. But the various leaks, corruption/waste stories and abuse of power pieces over the last decade or so have show that there are some holdouts that scoff at the government line. Also to a degree the internet has taken over for some of the "shaming" of "oppressive officers" that was once predominantly taken care of the press, with blog stories, Debt clocks & internet video/audio.