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The garrison state: a case study. (Insider Report).(freedom of speech, a long gone dream)(Brief Article)
Earlier this year, James R. Otteson, a philosophy professor at the University of Alabama, was threatened with arrest at the airport in Traverse City, Michigan. His "offense" was to express the opinion that he and his family -- his wife and three young children -- were subjected to an abuse of their rights by being selected for a "random" search.
After doffing his sport coat and belt, and turning over his wallet, Otteson "made [his] usual protest about protections from unreasonable searches and seizures," he wrote in the July issue of Ideas on Liberty. "'We're just following orders,' I was told. That was the defense Nazi war criminals used, I said. Following orders does not relieve you of responsibility for your own actions. 'Are you calling me a Nazi?' one [airport security guard] demanded. 'You call me a Nazi again and you're never getting on that plane!'"
"Whose orders are you following?" Otteson asked. "The FAA's," came the reply. After Otteson pressed the issue, "I was surrounded by approximately half a dozen security guards and several armed ...
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- Following orders.
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- I was following orders, claims Private Lynndie.
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) May 12, 2004 700+ words
...PATRICK SAWER THE WOMAN vilified around the world after photographs showed her humiliating Iraqi detainees today said she was following orders from senior officers. Private Lynndie England, speaking for the first time, said she was instructed to pose for pictures...
- I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS - EICHMANN.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Hall, Allan August 12, 1999 700+ words
...against humanity. Like scores of Nazi war criminals before him, he came up with the pathetic justification: "I was only following orders." Eichmann stood trial in Israel for his part in the murder of six million Jews in the Nazi concentration camps after...
- ENGLAND: I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) May 13, 2004 700+ words
ABUSE scandal soldier Lynndie England yesterday claimed she was following orders to intimidate Iraqi prisoners. England, 21, said the horrifying photos taken of her terrorising detainees were intended for...