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Wouldn't Happen On Amtrak

KAREN MATTHEWS writes for AP: "An Arab human rights activist was prevented from boarding a plane at Kennedy Airport while wearing a T-shirt that read, 'We will not be silent' in English and Arabic.  Raed Jarrar was at the gate to board a JetBlue Airways flight to Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 12 when four officials from the airline or a government agency stopped him and told him he could not board with the shirt on, he said Wednesday."

One very interesting feature of this story is the fact that you can't find it anywhere in the New York Times, even though the event occurred at JFK.  And Ms. Matthews' AP story didn't run until August 30th, more than two weeks after the event.