So he carried some Arabic-English flashcards in his pocket to study on the plane. But those flashcards changed George’s life far beyond the classroom.

This is an update on a story I mentioned in 2010 ("TSA Detains Possible Terrorist Armed With Flashcards"), and today's update shows that the government's contempt for the Fourth Amendment rages on ...

PHILADELPHIA -- A college student detained at an airport for five hours in 2009 over Arabic language flashcards that included the words "bomb" and "to kill" has won a $25,000 settlement from the ...

Nick George was on his way to start his senior year at California’s Pomona College in August 2009 when he was detained, aggressively interrogated, handcuffed, and locked in a jail cell for nearly five ...

PHILADELPHIA -- A college student detained at an airport for five hours in 2009 over Arabic language flashcards in his pocket that included the words "bomb" and "to kill" has won a $25,000 ...

The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay $25,000 to Nicholas George, a Google programmer who as a student in 2009 was detained at airport security because of his Arabic flashcards, the Associated ...

The $25,000 settlement (PDF)—dated Wednesday—ends five years of litigation that commenced after Nicholas George was detained for having Arabic-English flashcards with words like "terrorist ...

A California college student was detained for five hours at Philadelphia’s airport for having Arabic flashcards in his luggage. The Week. US Edition. SUBSCRIBE & SAVE. Less than $3 per week.

PHILADELPHIA — A former college student who was detained for several hours at an airport after he was found carrying Arabic-language flashcards lost his bid to sue federal agents. Nicholas Ge… ...