and so it begins.

Well, it was going to happen sooner or later... And now it has happened. From the headline on CNN: Police board plane in Newark, detain 5 and from the article:

The plane was bound from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport when an air marshal notified authorities of five men he considered suspicious, according to Marc LaVorgna, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

They had no weapons, said Tim Smith, an airline spokesman.

— CNN.com – 06 May 2006

We now detain people for being suspicious in the US. What a sad journey we are taking. Remind me not to “look suspicious” in public anymore… Where is V when you need him?