Civil Liberties

College Student Detained by TSA for Arabic Flashcards Goes to Court

Those cards have sharp edges, you know

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The American Civil Liberties Union will argue tomorrow in federal appeals court on behalf of Nick George, a college student who was interrogated, handcuffed and detained for nearly five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport in 2009 because he was carrying a set of English-Arabic language flashcards for his college studies.