by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Mar 9, 2013 | In The News
McAlester native Saadiq Long, who appeared to be on the U.S. government’s “no-fly list,” returned to his home in Qatar by way of bus and flights on foreign airways. A McAlester native who twice was prevented from leaving Oklahoma to return to the Middle East has...
by Ken Miller | Associate Press | Feb 23, 2013 | In The News
A Muslim U.S. Air Force veteran who had trouble entering the country last year to visit his terminally ill mother was barred again Saturday from trying to return home to Qatar, the second time this month that he’s been prohibited from boarding a flight in...
by Gadeir Abbas and Adam Soltani | NewsOK | Feb 14, 2013 | In The News
Years ago, Saadiq Long — an American citizen born in Oklahoma — served in our Air Force with distinction. For a time, he even provided technical support to military aircraft destined for combat. Who could have guessed that such a man would be deemed too dangerous to...
by Glenn Greenwald | The Guardian | Feb 9, 2013 | In The News
In early November, I wrote about the infuriating story of Saadiq Long, the 43-year-old African-American Muslim who – despite having never been charged with any crime – was secretly placed on a no-fly list and thus barred from flying to the US to visit his...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Feb 7, 2013 | In The News
A McAlester native who lives in the Middle East was prevented from returning there Wednesday. Saadiq Long, a U.S. Air Force veteran, said he tried to check in for his flight to Qatar on Wednesday at Will Rogers World Airport but was told by a representative of the...
