Green not allowed to fly because of war

[dmcqklaatu@netscape.net]

http://www.salon.com/politics/red/2001/11/05/blue/index.html

is the address.  I'm having some trouble hyperlinking, so you may need to type in the address.  The piece doesn't really have much more information than your post.  DMcQ




Roger Baker <rcbaker@eden.infohwy.com> wrote:

>Here is what really happened.
>
>There are two green organizations; there is the big main group that ran
>Nader for Prez,  called "Green party of the United States", and 
>recognized
>internationally as part of the world Green Party group, and a smaller 
>more
>militant group called (for the sake of confusion?) Green Party USA.
>
>A member of the latter smaller group pulled the airport stunt with a
>lot of hysterics, apparently, to get maximum attention. A member of the
>mainstream group checked the story with the following results.
>
>Politics is a form of show biz. I could not find the Salon story. -- R
>
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>
>knox@scvnet.com writes:
>I understand that Nancy Oden, Green Party USA coordinating committee
>member, was not allowed to board an American Airlines flight at the
>Bangor airport on Thursday.
>
>According to her version she was ordered away from the plane. Military
>personnel with automatic weapons surrounded her and instructed all
>airlines to deny her passage on ANY flight. "I was told that the airport
>was closed to me until further notice and that my ticket would not be
>refunded," Oden said.
>
>If this is true and provided that she was not clearly violating some law
>this is very upsetting.
>
>I understand that she may not be telling the full story. Can you
>possible explain what happened there. I would be particularly interested
>in specifics - for example not "she made people nervous" but for example
>"she was carrying a gun" or something. If she was doing something
>illegal was she taken to jail? If not why was she not allowed to fly?
>
>Richard Knox
>
>
>Richard:
>
>Thank you for writing.  Ms. Oden's version of events, while certainly
>exciting, are far removed from reality.  Her Green status was and is
>irrelevent.  The passenger in question was asked to undergo additional
>screening (i.e. a hand wand examination) because the manner in which she
>purchased the ticket triggered a concern under the new Federal screening
>guidelines post September, 11.  She refused to cooperate and became quite
>abusive.   It is illegal for an airline to fly an unscreened passenger.
>Accordingly, the airline denied her boarding.  She never got near a 
>plane.
>  She never went through security.   No screen, no fly--it is as simple as
>that.  The situation was entirely of her own making.   What's sad is that
>she refuses to admit to and take responsibility for her own inappropriate
>behavior, looking only for somebody else to blame for her own inability 
>to
>cooperate with reasonable expectations under the circumstances.  99.9% of
>people selected are very understanding and cooperative and the process
>only takes an extra minute.
>
>Again, thanks for writing to express your concerns and appreciate your
>efforts to objectively view the circumstances.
>
>


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