A top Constitutional scholar from Princeton who gave a televised speech that slammed President George W. Bush's executive overreach recently learned that he had been added to the Transportation Security Administration's terrorist watch list.[...]
Murphy was allowed to board the plane, but warned that his luggage would be "ransacked." On his return trip, his luggage was also lost.
Murphy is a decorated Marine who served in the Korean War and was a reservist for 19 years.
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When inquiring with a clerk why he was on the list, Murphy was asked if he had participated in any peace marches.
"We ban a lot of people from flying because of that," a clerk said.
Murphy then explained that he had not marched, but had "in September, 2006, given a lecture at Princeton, televised and put on the Web, highly critical of George Bush for his many violations of the Constitution."
The clerk responded, "That'll do it."
Free speech being so highly prized in today's America.
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