U.S. Government Blocks Citizens’ Return

National Public Radio Morning Edition (Sept. 12, 2006):  Federal officials are preventing a Pakistani-American father and son from returning to their home in California. Officials want the two U.S. citizens to take a polygraph test before allowing their return home. The case raises constitutional questions. Click here to listen.

P.S.  The U.S. changes its mind — Two relatives of a Lodi man who was convicted of supporting terrorists have been cleared to return home from a long trip to Pakistan, ending a five-month standoff in which the U.S. citizens were told they had to cooperate with the FBI to get off the government’s no-fly list, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday. “There’s been a change,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity and would not detail the reason for the move, which was made by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/13/BAGG9L4KHG1.DTL&

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