College Student Detained by TSA for Arabic Flashcards Goes to Court
Those cards have sharp edges, you know
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.
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TSA's budget is going to have to go up I guess if we expect them to start hiring more college graduates.