FYI: http://blogs.salon.com/0002874/2004/07/22.html#a1032

Decius wrote:
] Jacobson has posted a followup to her story in which she
] begins to sound like Bill O'Reilly. You can forget about this
] story. I can't think of her as credible at all after reading
] the paragraphs I quote here.
]
] ] The fact that I quoted Ann Coulter seems to have many people
] up in arms.  I want
] ] to be clear -- there is no political agenda here.  I
] quoted Ann Coulter
] ] for the information she had, not for who she is.  Read the
] quote again
] ] and pretend Joe or Jane Doe wrote it.  She states the
] facts. The facts she states
] ] are that 10 days after 9/11, Secretary of Transportation
] Norman Mineta sternly
] ] reminded airlines that it was illegal to discriminate
] against passengers based on
] ] their race, color, national or ethnic origin or religion.
] ]
] ] Perhaps the title of Michael Smerconish's new book sums it
] up: "Flying Blind. How
] ] Political Correctness Continues to Compromise Airline Safety
] Post 9/11."