A Free Press
Sep 23rd, 2005 at 4:32 pm by Susie
From Doug Ireland, some shocking news:
The daily New Mexican reports that “U.S. immigration officials refused Tuesday to allow Robert Fisk, longtime Middle East correspondent for the London newspaper, The Independent, to board a plane from Toronto to Denver. Fisk was on his way to Santa Fe for a sold-out appearance in the Lannan Foundation ’s readings-and-conversations series Wednesday night. According to Christie Mazuera Davis, a Lannan program officer, Fisk was told that his papers were not in order. Davis made last-minute arrangements Wednesday for Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica Radio’s daily news show, Democracy Now! , to interview Fisk via satellite from a television station in Toronto…” A recording of this satellite interview will soon be available on the Lannan Foundation’s website. If Fisk has been barred from entry, it’s very hard not to believe it has something to do with dispatches of his like this one from September 15.
Shocking? The only thing I find shocking is that the Evil Party hadn’t done this earlier.
Why am I not surprised? We live in Rovewellian times.
At least they didn’t try to kill him, like they did with the Italian journalist.
yeah i saw this yesterday, suz. sent up all kinda red flags for me.