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Go read this Glenn Greenwald post and this followup from Nick Baumann about Gulet Mohamed, an American citizen who was recently arrested in Kuwait, brutally tortured (I think it’s OK to use the word since it’s someone else’s police we’re talking about), and then put on a no-fly list so he can’t return to America. This is not the first time this has happened, and if you’re really worried about an increasingly tyrannical government, this is the kind of thing to worry about. If a crime has been committed, then let him come home and charge him. If not, then he’s an American citizen, and no American government should be allowed to unilaterally strand its own citizens overseas. This whole affair is revolting.

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