On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Dave Lindorff was quoted in Salon writing:
> But now, a spokesman for the new Transportation Security Administration
> has acknowledged for the first time that the government has a list of
> about 1,000 people who are deemed "threats to aviation" and not allowed
> on airplanes under any circumstances. And in an interview with Salon,
> the official suggested that Olshansky and other political activists may
> be on a separate list that subjects them to strict scrutiny but allows
> them to fly.
Besides being outrageous, this is also pretty retarded from a management point of view, isn't it? It's like defending yourself from bees by poking the hive with a stick. If they just waved these activists through, they'd probably be too busy protesting other things to devote themselves to attacking airport security abuses. But when airport security administrators treat activists like this they just about guarantee they'll be the next target:
> But Olshansky, alarmed by her own experience and the number of others
> reporting apparent political harassment, is fighting back. She says now
> that the government has confirmed the existence of a blacklist, her
> center is planning a First Amendment lawsuit against the federal
> government. CCR and has already signed up Lawinger, Stuber, and several
> others from Milwaukee's Peace Action group.
Michael