] The roots of freedom of inquiry are in the european
] Enlightenment, which shaped the intellectual climate
] of the founding of the United States. The founders'
] ancestors had fled from countries where they were
] flogged, imprisoned, or killed for merely seeking to
] learn. For seeking to learn about a religion other
] than the official state religion, for example. For
] teaching such a religion to others. For inquiring
] into physics and then stating that the Earth revolved
] around the Sun. For believing in witchcraft or for
] seeking to teach how medicinal plants could be used
] to heal. For seeking to learn the truth about the
] King, when it was inconvenient for the King.
]
] It's clear that freedom of speech also includes freedom
] to listen.

The TSA is now requiring security threat assessments for
non-U.S. citizens seeking training at U.S. flight schools. John Gillmore's discussion of this question strikes at the heart of the things that Bill Joy was talking about in his essay about the control of ideas. Gold Star.