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Published: 02 April 2010
FROM: Americans for Limited Government
April 1st, 2010, Fairfax, VA—Michael Yon continues to question why he was arrested upon arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for his refusal to answer a question about how much money he makes.
Commenting yesterday on his Facebook page about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) appeal filed with the USCBP by the group Americans for Limited Government (ALG), Yon wrote, “Does the United States government have a right to arrest people for refusing to say who they work for, and how much money they earn? They arrested me. Why were Customs (CBP) people reading my private documents at the border? Is it possible to have words written on paper that are illegal? My arrest at Sea-Tac airport remains unexplained.”
ALG filed its original FOIA request to CBP one day following the arrest of the acclaimed Afghan war journalist the day following the January 5th, 2010 incident. It was denied on March 1st, and an appeal was mailed on March 31st.
The ALG FOIA request seeks to determine the circumstances around the incident including any policies or instructions that are provided to agents related to appropriate questions that should be asked of incoming citizens.
Ironically, the initial FOIA was denied just two weeks before the Obama Administration’s self-proclaimed “Sunshine Week”, where they applauded themselves for the work that has been done to increase transparency.
ALG President Bill Wilson said that the CBP denial of the FOIA request was “unwarranted,” concluding, “The American people have a right to know if citizens are going to be locked in handcuffs as a matter of national policy for not disclosing their income to Customs and Border Patrol when entering their homeland.”
Attachments:
Mr. Yon’s original Facebook feed
Mr. Yon’s March 31st Facebook feed
Obama Admin. release on FOIA’s and “Sunshine Week”
Original Yon FOIA request.
CBP Denial of FOIA.
Yon FOIA request appeal.
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Comments
Go get 'em, Michael.
Your points are valid. My getting arrested didn't seem to have anything to do with President Obama, but simple Border Bullies trampling over peoples' rights. (Clearly for many people it's a political issue -- for me it's about personal liberty. STOP.)
Michael
They screwed with the wrong traveler.
Some of the Census forms have the "income question". I personally know several people who have returned their Census forms with the income question left blank. Wonder if they'll be arrested? They believe it is none of Big Brother's business. They cannot get a satisfactory answer from the Census Bureau as to WHY that question is being asked. Johnson 76 may be on to something here. It may very well be related to Obama's "redistribution of wealth". The agency who would be best prepared to redistribute that wealth? The IRS.
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