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Princeton professor says anti-Bush speech landed him on no-fly list

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Walter F. Murphy, a highly decorated former Marine colonel and constitutional scholar, believes a public comment about the president put him on the "Terrorist Watch List."...

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John Galotto M.D.

posted 5/06/07 @ 12:04 AM EST

Why did you bother with this "story". There were no facts presented, only the paranoid claims of Murphy. I doubt a clerk told him they would "ransack his luggage". Did Karl Rove arrange to have his luggage misplaced? By the way, there are two Walter Murphys in a town of 20,000 near my home, so I doubt the exclusivity of that name, as he claims. Could this be a bonafide case of Bush Derangement Syndrome?

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James Freedman

posted 5/09/07 @ 7:17 PM EST

Originally posted by
John Galotto M.D.
Why did you bother with this "story". There were no facts presented, only the paranoid claims of Murphy. I doubt a clerk told him they would "ransack his luggage". Did Karl Rove arrange to have his luggage misplaced? By the way, there are two Walter Murphys in a town of 20,000 near my home, so I doubt the exclusivity of that name, as he claims. Could this be a bonafide case of Bush Derangement Syndrome?

Hi John,

Thanks for the reply. I was well aware of the speculative coverage of this story by much of the mainstream media, so I made sure to speak with a representative of the TSA (read about halfway through the article) who presented their side of the issue.

Thanks again,
James

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Bill Wather

posted 6/01/07 @ 8:59 PM EST

Originally posted by
John Galotto M.D.
Why did you bother with this "story". There were no facts presented, only the paranoid claims of Murphy. I doubt a clerk told him they would "ransack his luggage". Did Karl Rove arrange to have his luggage misplaced? By the way, there are two Walter Murphys in a town of 20,000 near my home, so I doubt the exclusivity of that name, as he claims. Could this be a bonafide case of Bush Derangement Syndrome?

Why did you bother with this "comment"? There are no facts presentd, only the defensive ramblings of the good Dr. I doubt your views are as benign as they seem. Could this be a case of a rich white doctor trying to protect his financial and political interest by defending a tyrant?

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Richard "His Grace" Smith

posted 5/28/07 @ 10:48 PM EST

I just did a quick Google search and found two dozen Walter Murypys. One WM is a musician and has a piece entitled "Gentle Explosion". Another is an author. Another is a producer...yada, yada.

This Walter Murphy is just a wannabe Terrorist Watchlist groupee. And he's the chair of Princton's Department of Jurisprudence? WOW! He needs to purchase some carbon offsets to set an example.

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