From Oct. 2001: Philly man kept off flight for reading Abbey


	From Oct. 2001: Philly man kept off flight for reading Abbey

enbar

5-2-2007 9:52 PM

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gwot, books, weird

enbar says:

This is old news, from right after 9-11 (pre-PATRIOT act), so I don't think one can draw any conclusions from it, but it's an interesting and strange story nonetheless.

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