Security State

Via Wolcott comes an interesting little story about Henry Rollins' unwitting appearance on the radar of Big Brother:

According to News.com.au, American punk rock icon and writer Henry Rollins was reported to the National Security hotline during his recent Australian tour because of a book he was reading on a flight to Brisbane.

A furious Rollins was informed he was "nominated as a possible threat" for reading "Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam In Central Asia", writes Kathy McCabe.

Of course. Who else would be a prime candidate for becoming a terrorist threat, than a fairly well-known white guy reading the wrong book on an airplane?

I, for one, feel much safer now.