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deny Snowden boarding because "the individual is highly likely to be refused entry to the UK."
• The Associated Press saw a photograph of the document taken Friday at a Thai airport. A British diplomat confirmed that the document was genuine and was sent

out to airlines around the world. Airlines in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore also confirmed the alert had been issued.
• The diplomat said such alerts are issued to carriers that fly into the U.K and any carrier that brings Snowden will be liable to be fined 2,000 British pounds. He said Snowden would likely have been deemed by the Home Office to be detrimental to the "public good."
• The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- It isn't the first time that the federal government has been caught spying on Americans or that classified government information has been leaked to the news media or otherwise widely distributed. The Vietnam War and civil-rights protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s generated plenty of surveillance and secrecy. And leaks.
• But with the rise in Internet usage, there's a far bigger audience now.
• And some recent polls suggest that Americans may be more forgiving or accepting of government intrusion these days.
• That may partly reflect increasing acceptance and use of online social networking sites, which create an electronic trail frequently used to target shoppers or voters.
• But it also may be partly because Washington justifies its electronic snooping as an effort to prevent another 9/11-style terror attack. Many Americans may worry more today about being safe from terrorism than about government intrusions into their privacy.
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