More on the Murphy allegations of speech-based placement on no-fly list, and on reactions to questioning of the allegations

[Volokh, Eugene]

	From my coblogger Orin Kerr, who has been posting on the subject
on our blog.

	Eugene


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Posted by Orin Kerr:
Lydon and Murphy on the No-Fly List:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_04_08-2007_04_14.shtml#117627076
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   Over at [1]Open Source, a Public Radio International program,
   Christopher Lydon has a very sympathetic interview with Walter Murphy
   about why he has been personally targeted as an Enemy of the State by
   the Bush Administration. Murphy contends that his treatment at the
   Newark Airport is " a Constitutional Crisis writ small, an attack on
   an individual who dares to point out" that the Bush Administration's
   view of Executive power is dangerous and troubling. ([2]Here's the
   video of the speech that Murphy believes led the Administration to
   target him.)
     Much to my surprise, I am personally named and criticized by Lydon
   as a blogger who "wants to make excuses for the government" by
   questioning the story; Lydon states that it is just "fascinating"
that
   I would not accept Murphy's guesses as truth. Unfortunately, Lydon
   doesn't explain why he thinks questioning allegations of wrongdoing
   reveals a wish to "make excuses for the government," as compared to a
   wish to figure out what actually happened. Anyway, the mention of me
   is about a third the way through the program.
     The guest following Murphy is a Washington Post staff writer, Karen
   DeYoung, who points out a bunch of likely alternative explanations
for
   Murphy's experience. She suggests that Murphy was probably just on
the
   "selectee" list, not the No-Fly list, both because he was allowed to
   board the flight and because he wasn't even questioned on the return
   flight. Interesting -- who knew that a Washington Post reporter would
   "want to make excuses" for the Bush Administration, too?
     Finally, Ryan Singel also interviewed Murphy recently; you can find
   his extensive interview [3]here.

References

   1. http://www.radioopensource.org/on-the-watch-list
   2.
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/jmadison/events/lectures/video/Murphy.htm
   3. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/04/professor_bashi.html

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