Mals moments per la llibertat d’expressió
Aquest darrer intent d’atemptat aeri ha aconseguit els seus objectius, sense que la bomba explotés. Viatjar és cada cop més difícil i la democràcia i les llibertats s’han degradat una mica més. Aquí en teniu un exemple:
GULLIVER has already documented several of the worst examples of overreach by America’s airport security authorities in the wake of the Christmas Day terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines flight 263. The silly and inane “enhancements” of airport and in-flight security since Christmas have irritated and inconvenienced hordes of travellers.
But one of the most controversial actions taken by America’s Transportation Security Administration this past week was the airport security agency’s abortive attempt to subpoena two travel bloggers. The TSA, which is part of America’s Department of Homeland Security, hoped to force the bloggers (Flying with Fish’s Stephen Frischling and the ubiquitous Chris Elliott, also of the National Geographic and the Washington Post) to reveal who leaked TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06, the document explaining the silly and inane security enhancements I mentioned above.
