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Oden Admits To "Passive Resistance" Before Luggage Search |
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by Charles M. Bee
Email: c-bee1 (nospam) uiuc.edu (unverified!) |
16 Nov 2001
Modified: 17 Nov 2001 |
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In an interview published in Counterpunch, Nancy Oden confirms in friendlier quarters that she initiated passive resistance to searchers in the airport lobby, before ever handing over her luggage. |
In an interview with Dechlan McCullagh in the bi-weekly muckraking newsletter Counterpunch, dated November third, Nancy Oden describes her airport experience in more detail, this time including her "passive resistance" on the way to the baggage search (paragraph four), which she apparently intensified after orders from guardsmen.
This would appear at first glance to adequately cover the "refusal to cooperate with the search" accusation leveled by overzealous security personnel. In a more crowded situation, having to summon six guardsmen to transport Ms. Oden and her luggage (paragraphs eight and nine) could easily create an untenable situation for other personnel or passengers.
This interview appears at:
http://www.counterpunch.org/oden2.html |
See also:
http://www.counterpunch.org/oden2.html
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A slight difference in interpretation |
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John Wason
(unverified) |
Current rating: 0
17 Nov 2001
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I don't know how useful it is to debate this on the
newswire, but I don't think they had to summon six
guardsmen to escort Ms. Oden. I don't think she ever
presented any sort of danger to the airlines. I think,
from this and many other personal anecdotes I've heard
and read, that we're losing our collective American minds
overreacting to perceived dangers. We're seeing
'terrorists' behind every bush - no pun intended. We're
also irrationally hostile to any sort of dissent. There's
no doubt in my mind that that's why Nancy Oden got the
response that she did, and not because she was a threat
to national security in any real way. |
