Wednesday
22 Aug 2007
Imams Drop Passenger John Doe from Aviation Lawsuit
By Annie Jacobsen in category Airport Security & Screening
After protracted wrangling, six Muslim clerics, known as the flying imams, have finally and officially dropped passenger John Doe from their federal lawsuit which targets US Airways and Minneapolis airport employees as being racist. Washington Times reporter Audrey Hudson has more:
A group of Muslim imams today dropped all charges in a federal lawsuit levied against "John Doe" airline passengers for reporting the men's suspicious behavior that led to their removal from a U.S. Airways flight last year.
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court Minnesota, still targets U.S. Airways and Minneapolis airport workers.
President Bush recently signed into law a provision that protects airline passengers who report suspicious behavior that may foreshadow terrorist attacks.
The new law would allow "John Doe" passengers who are wrongly sued to recover legal fees.