2002 - JOHN CLARKE (Canadian Organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty)


John Clarke was traveling to speak at Michigan State University when he was stopped at the border. After officials ran his ID through a computer, they asked if he was opposed to the "ideology of the United States." He was detained and questioned by a State Department special agent. During the interrogation, the agent accused Clarke of knowing where Osama Bin Laden was hiding. Clarke was sent home after five hours.