Focus (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 13, 2007
Obstructing Free Association
Forum Column - By Charles S. Doskow - A recent case involving a group of Muslims that was stopped at the Canadian border illustrates the threat to First Amendment principles represented by many anti-terrorism measures.
By Charles S. Doskow
Six American citizens were stopped at the border in Buffalo, N.Y. on Dec. 26 and 27, 2004, as they returned from Canada, having pursued entirely lawful activities there. They were detained, interrogated on the reasons for their trips and their activities abroad, frisked, photographed and fingerprinted. Their cars were searched. Their names and prints were entered into a database for future ref...
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