Rattle wrote:
] ] The Department of Homeland Security ordered a United
] ] Airlines jet flying from London to Washington rerouted to
] ] Bangor, Me., on Tuesday afternoon so it could intercept a
] ] passenger, Yusuf Islam, the musician formerly known as
] ] Cat Stevens, two government officials said.
] ]
] ] Mr. Islam was "denied entry into the United States," said
] ] an official, and was in the custody of Immigrations and
] ] Customs Enforcement. The plan on Tuesday evening was to
] ] deport Mr. Islam, who is a British subject, the officials
] ] said.
]
] The peace train Stevens was riding on was forced to land in
] Maine. Officials made a statement saying we should just
] remember there's a lot of bad and beware, beware, oh baby baby
] it's a wild world. Cat Stevens can no longer get by on just a
] smile, because he gave money to the wrong people.

I saw him in concert twice in the seventies and I think it is justified anyway, because he was an asshole both times to members of the audience and his backstage crew. He was just plain rud, no other way to say it, really.

RE: The New York Times | Cat Stevens, threat to national security