The Boston Globe is reporting that the last time Akif Rahman drove across the U.S.-Canada border, "guards in Detroit stopped [him], handcuffed him to a chair, and grilled him for six hours about whether he has terrorist connections.... (agents asked him if he knew any of the Sept. 11 hijackers and if he had ever given money to a terrorist group).... Officials detained his wife and two children in a small, dirty office while Rahman was questioned.... He has been stopped five times."

"On Tuesday, lawyers from the Illinois chapter of the [American Civil Liberties Union] filed a lawsuit against Homeland Security department officials, saying Rahman's Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights were violated when he was allegedly seized and searched with excessive force, then not allowed to make phone calls."

"In a letter to Rahman, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement department stated Rahman's name is a ''near match" to another person in the National Crime Information Center list maintained by the FBI."

Resources:

• Copy of the complaint
• Statement of Akif Rahman
• Statement of Masooda Rahman