John Sutherland
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1033029,00.html
Nowhere has post-9/11 paranoia struck more deeply than in American
universities. Just ask Ali
Monday September 1, 2003
The Guardian
When travellers at US airports ***** at having to take off their shoes
at gate security the staff quip: "Be glad Richard Reid didn't hide the
bomb in his underpants." Since 9/11, airport security has been
overhauled by the federally appointed Transport Security
Administration.
There are innumerable pre-boarding delays. And do passengers feel
safer as they file through the long lines at LAX or JFK? They
certainly feel more nervous. America is currently in the business of
exporting "freedom" globally - even to countries which seem
indifferent to the idea. Yet the US itself is becoming, month by
month, a palpably less free society. Much of the change is
attributable to the Patriot Act, whose Mel Gibsonish acronym stands
for "Provision of Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism". In short: "hassle". Nowhere is the hassle more oppressive
than in higher education. If airline passengers are grateful Reid
didn't hide the explosives in his boxers, university officials curse
the fact that those murderous 9/11 Saudi terrorists were, many of
them, in the US on student visas.
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