How Safe Are the Skies?

Travel Blog  •  Jim Benning  •  07.16.04 | 11:07 PM ET

Not very, according to writer Annie Jacobsen. She recently flew from Detroit to Los Angeles with Northwest Airlines. Also on board the flight were 14 Middle Eastern men she thought were behaving suspiciously and an anxious flight staff. Her account of the journey and what she learned later, published on WomensWallStreet.com, is both riveting and troubling. “What I experienced during that flight has caused me to question whether the United States of America can realistically uphold the civil liberties of every individual, even non-citizens, and protect its citizens from terrorist threats,” she writes.



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