Here’s something you should probably read before getting on your next flight that passes through the US. Basically, with the powers the Bush Administration has decided to appropriate to itself, you really have no rights while on US soil… legally you are even declared to be “not within US territory.” As such the US government can, among other things, inflict “gross physical abuse” on your person (there are no formal guarantees against it, merely a limited protection), or deprive you of food, water or sleep. Perhaps you should consider flying through a civilized country like Canada instead.