UPDATE:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/02/weep-not-for-nick-george.html
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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/11/local/la-me-arabic12-2010feb12
“Arabic-language flashcards don’t fly with TSA”
A Pomona College student from Philadelphia was jailed after airport security workers found study cards, including the words ‘bomb’ and ‘terrorism.’ He’s suing.”
February 11, 2010|By Larry Gordon
SNIPPET: “George said his interest in Arab culture began when he saw “Lawrence of Arabia” as a child. “The more I studied it, the more I was fascinated it by it,” he said. He plans to take the State Department exam to become a foreign service officer.
Last year, George spent a semester in Jordan, where he studied Arabic, and then traveled to Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. He said his passport, with stamps from those countries, and a book in his possession that was critical of U.S. foreign policy, may also have raised suspicions at the airport.
Professors describe George as an excellent student in science and Arabic.”
Note: Video included.
Feb 15, 2010 8:45 am US/Eastern
“Student Flier Sues FBI, TSA Over Arabic Notes
Pennsylvania Student Nicholas George Sues Police, FBI, TSA Over Airport Detention Allegedly Instigated Over English-Arabic Flash Cards”
PHILADELPHIA (CBS)
SNIPPET: “George, a senior at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., missed his Aug. 29 flight back to school—although he said his checked luggage made it onboard.
“If I had been a terrorist, I would have been the luckiest terrorist around, because my bag would have blown up and I would have been sitting in a jail cell,” George told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from school Wednesday.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed several suits over what it sees as aggressive or misguided airport security measures. One involved an architect denied boarding for wearing a T-shirt that said, in Arabic and English, “We Will Not Be Silent.” Another involved a political fundraiser allegedly grilled by TSA agents after carrying a metal box of cash through security.”