Reader comments: Man with explosive device detained near U.S. Capitol

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TruthSeekr | 9:47 p.m. Sept. 5, 2008
Because his name was "Christopher" and NOT "Muhammed" or "Ahmed" or something, he was just a 'man who was arrested' and NOT a potential terror suspect!

Had it been a bearded man with an Islamic name, the news headline would have been rather different.

What a case of double standards!!!

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