Green Party "Terrorist"

[SonofRage]

Crossposted on Another World is Possible (http://awip.proboards23.com)




Green Party "Terrorists"

By Frederick Sweet, Intervention Magazine
January 6, 2003

Writing about his no-fly nightmare in the Fairfield County Weekly, art dealer Doug Stuber, who had run Ralph Nader's Green Party presidential campaign in North Carolina in 2000, was pulled out of a boarding line and grounded. He was about to make an important trip to Prague to gather artists for Henry James Art in Raleigh, N.C., when he was told (with ticket in hand) that he was not allowed to fly out that day.

Asking "why not?" he was told at Raleigh-Durham airport that because of the sniper attacks, no Greens were allowed to fly overseas on that day. The next morning he returned, and instead of paying $670 round trip, was forced into a $2,600 "same day" air fare. But it's what happened to Stuber during the next 24 hours that is even more disturbing.

Stuber arrived at the airport at 6 a.m. and his first flight wasn't due out until nearly six hours later. He had plenty of time. At exactly 10:52 in the morning, just before boarding was to begin, he was approached by police officer Stanley (the same policeman who ushered him out of the airport the day before), who said that he "wanted to talk" to him. Stuber went with the police officer, but reminded him that no one had said he couldn't fly, and that his flight was about to leave.

Officer Stanley took Stuber into a room and questioned him for an hour. Around noon, Stanley had introduced him to two Secret Service agents. The agents took full eye-open pictures of Stuber with a digital camera. Then they asked him details about his family, where he lived, who he ever knew, what the Greens are up to, and other questions.

At one point during his interrogation, Stuber asked if they really believed the Greens were equal to al Qaeda. Then they showed him a Justice Department document that actually shows the Greens as likely terrorists – just as likely as al Qaeda members.

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14884

[Blackberry]

Found this when searching an old political board of mine:


Dear Editor:

I was trying to make an important trip to Prague to gather artists for
Henry James Art in Raleigh, NC, USA when I was told (ticket in hand)
that I was not allowed to fly out that day.

Curiously, I asked "why not" and the answer at Raleigh Durham Airport
(RDU) was that, because of the DC sniper attacks, no Greens were
allowed to fly overseas on THAT DAY.

Naturally, I went back the next morning, and instead of paying $670
round trip was forced into a $2,600 "same day" air fare. I was mad
enough about the money, but what happened in the next 24 hours
was mind-boggling.

So, it was 6 am and my first flight wasn't due out until 11:45, so I had
plenty of time to kill. At exactly 10:52 am, just before boarding was
to begin, I was approached by Officer Stanley (the same policeman I
was ushered out of the airport the day before), and he said he "wanted
to talk to me."

I went with him, but reminded him that no one had said I could not fly,
and that my flight was about to leave. (I also knew that I could make
the Air France connection in Atlanta and still make it to Prague in
time, as long as I could catch a Delta flight at 1:10pm, so I wasn't too
worried yet.)

The officer took me into a room and questioned me for one hour. By
noon Stanley introduced me to two gentlemen I will refer to as Secret
Service A and Secret Service B ( SS-A and SS-B). Now it's bad enough
that the SS will remind Germans of a very bad group during World War II,
but here is where the story proves the US is heading toward a "totalitarian"
state.

SS-A and SS-B took full eye-open pictures with a digital camera. They
then asked me all the details about my family, where I lived, who I ever
knew, what the Greens are up to, etc., etc.

At one point I asked if they really believed the Greens were equal to Al
Qaeda. Here they made an error. They showed me a document from the
Justice department (Ashcroft and friends) that actually DOES show the
greens as likely terrorists. Just as likely as Al Qaeda members. Man,
I wish I had had a camera to be able to copy THAT document!

Sure enough we got out of there at about 12:45, but with enough time to
catch the later flight.

Here is where they really made me mad. They walked me to the Delta
counter and asked that I be given tickets for the flight so I could
make my connections. The woman (she is a tall blonde with short hair
and works for Delta at RDU) quickly printed out tickets so that I could
make the flight, and I was relieved that the SS hadn't stopped me from
flying.

I was wrong again. By the time I was about to be quickly placed on the
flight, officer Stanley ONCE AGAIN ushered me out the door. To be fair,
he told me this: "Just go to Greensboro, where they don't know you, and
be totally quiet about politics, and you can make it to Europe that
way."

I felt like I was being yet again set up by this man, but I went to
Greensboro anyway.

In Greensboro, NC I was told flat out that I could not fly overseas or
domestically. I was told this after I showed my passport, so apparently
the SS had moved quickly to shut me down from ANY kind of air travel.
(One wonders whether Greens throughout the US are now barred from
flying, since our national Co-Chair, Nancy Ogden had already been
denied a flight form Maine to Chicago eight months ago.)

Not to be denied, I then traveled to Charlotte. This is another hour
and a half away, so I've been up for 40 hours, with a 1.5 hour drive
ahead. I stocked up on Dr. Pepper and decided I would not be denied.

Of course, at Charlotte the same thing: get this terrorist out of here
was the mode the cops were in.

I then drove three hours home (43 hours trying to catch a flight) and
crashed hard in bed.

It appears that greens, who have ten key values that include
nonviolence, social justice, etc., are considered terrorists by the
Ashcroft led Justice Department.

I had always speculated that capitalism had gone too far. Now I know
for sure.

Peace,

Doug Stuber
2405 Beckett's Ridge Drive
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919.245-0567

[Pete]

Z-net also did a thing on this. It is very disturbing, shines the light of the repression that exists quite brightly.