Stardate 20010912.1143 (Crew, this is the Captain): There was a raid on a hotel in Boston this morning by heavily armed FBI agents, and now an Amtrak train in Connecticut has been stopped. The train terminal is isolated and has been evacuated and I get the impression they think there is someone really important on that train who may have eluded arrest in Boston. My only fear here is that law enforcement will get overenthusiastic and trigger-happy and end up shooting someone who isn't involved.
(discuss)Update: Three men have been taken off that train in handcuffs. I saw one of them; he was wearing a turban and had a full black beard.
Update: There wasn't actually anyone worth having on the train. False alarm. I guess they are getting a little over-enthusiastic; I hope they didn't arrest that guy just because he was wearing a turban. The last thing we need in this country is for every Sikh to get pounded on.
