homeland security, a president and an actor

since 9-11 and the passing of the homeland security bill in the US - every muslim is deemed a terrorist unless otherwise proven innocent.

the most recent one when shah rukh khan was questioned for over 2 hrs in newark has caused a stir with the indian government responding quickly and demanding an answer from the american ambassador to india. the same government which did not respond when a former president (interestingly also a muslim) who is on the "exempt from security frisking list " until the same was leaked by the press a few months after the ugly incident which involved an american airline - continental.

now why this double standard? the former president maintained his dignity right through even though his personal security officer was taking issue with the airlines not to frisk the president - he just went ahead with the frisking and proceeded with life - till to his embarassment the story was leaked. on the other hand we have a movie star taken in for routine questioning (a few hundred people are questioned daily by HS) and this gets the government to react at the highest level?

i think the indian establishment has more to answer here than homeland security in the US for they had failed to react when a former president and that too one so dear to the public was practically manhandled by the continental staff in the name of security whereas they were efficiency personified when a movie star got a similar treatment.

is the indian government trying to tell the homeland security who they can and who they cant question? and at the same time allowing them to question the former leader of our armed forces who by law is entitiled to skip all security procedures anywhere in india and in the world where we have similar bilateral agreements?

shame on the government and shame on shah rukh for reacting the way he did.

yes it is wrong the way the homeland security does its job at times including racial profiling, cultural profiling, religious profiling etc etc but thats the way they have been going about their business. you dont like it - then dont go to the US. period.