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Monday, December 06, 2004
HOMELAND SECURITY NOTES
"[Ian McEwan] began [a recent lecture] with an anecdote about being detained for 24 hours at the Vancouver, British Columbia, airport by Homeland Security operatives as part of the stepped-up security measures after Sept. 11. Asked about his job, he said he was a novelist. 'What kind of novels do you write, fact or fiction?' his questioner inquired." |