Ye gods and little fishes. I recall you mentioning that your "exit permit had been refused", but I took that to be an allusion to Nazi days, where some "undesirables" were permitted to leave, seemingly if they had enough money to turn over to the party. Have you thought of writing the whole story up, for either one of the better webloggers, or a print publication, be it the NYT or Mother Jones? It could, one would hope, be phrased anonymously, if you preferred - or maybe you're thinking of that once you're in Canada?
Have you contacted the ACLU? Perhaps they'd be able to offer pointers as to where to direct a relevant FOIA request.
And certainly, Canada's perhaps one of the best places to leave for, in my estimation. Spain or Portugal might be able to lay claim to a sunnier climate, though. :) (Would you be able to claim citizenship within the EU on family grounds, maybe? A political asylum seeker coming from the US into the UK might hit a few papers..)
Stories such as that bookmark are horribly depressing. Both that such incidents happen (one of my *cough* favorites was the story of a new mother being forced to drink her own breast milk, which she'd prepared earlier for the flight, in order to prove it didn't contain any dangerous biological agents. I need to check what ultimately came of that. Wonder what Limbaugh said about that, if anything?), and that after some minimal reporting, everyone seemingly just forgets and carries on.
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Date: 2005-03-30 05:07 pm (UTC)Have you contacted the ACLU? Perhaps they'd be able to offer pointers as to where to direct a relevant FOIA request.
And certainly, Canada's perhaps one of the best places to leave for, in my estimation. Spain or Portugal might be able to lay claim to a sunnier climate, though. :) (Would you be able to claim citizenship within the EU on family grounds, maybe? A political asylum seeker coming from the US into the UK might hit a few papers..)
Stories such as that bookmark are horribly depressing. Both that such incidents happen (one of my *cough* favorites was the story of a new mother being forced to drink her own breast milk, which she'd prepared earlier for the flight, in order to prove it didn't contain any dangerous biological agents. I need to check what ultimately came of that. Wonder what Limbaugh said about that, if anything?), and that after some minimal reporting, everyone seemingly just forgets and carries on.