Very worrying development. German author critical of the NSA has been placed on a "no-fly" list. At least a "no fly to America" list, and was recently denied boarding of a plane travelling from South America to Denver.
The NSA are not exactly making themselves look credible here. So now they are in the business of putting their critics on no-fly list?. If they are really there to protect Americans from terrorists they should be doing this and not misusing their powers to go after critics. Aside from being sinister, it makes them look ridiculously insecure. What harm could a single German author possibly be to them? They are already saturated by bad publicity. A bit more won't make any difference. It's not like Snowdon, who actually knew things. This German guy is just a commentator.
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20131001-52193.html
The NSA are not exactly making themselves look credible here. So now they are in the business of putting their critics on no-fly list?. If they are really there to protect Americans from terrorists they should be doing this and not misusing their powers to go after critics. Aside from being sinister, it makes them look ridiculously insecure. What harm could a single German author possibly be to them? They are already saturated by bad publicity. A bit more won't make any difference. It's not like Snowdon, who actually knew things. This German guy is just a commentator.
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20131001-52193.html
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"The airline worker had hardly entered my name when she paused, stood up and disappeared without explanation behind a door," he wrote.
"A few moments later she returned with clearly a high ranking person who told me in rapid Portuguese and then almost as quickly in English that because of "Border Crossing Security" she was duty bound to inform American authorities immediately about my arrival at the airport.”