The Telegraph Online: Moviegoer puzzled about security for anti-Bush movie

The Telegraph Online: "Ken Siegel would not describe himself as a Michael Moore fan.

But on Saturday, he went to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" with his son, Ryan, and one of his son's friends at the AMC Tyngsboro 12 in Tyngsborough, Mass.

Siegel is still perplexed why a uniformed Tyngsborough police officer working a security detail seemed to be checking identifications only at the theater screening "Fahrenheit 9/11" Moore's documentary about the Bush administration in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Siegel ordered the tickets online, picked them up at the theater Saturday, and then left to do some errands with the boys. When they got back to theater, Siegel dropped off the boys at the front door so they could get seats while he parked.

When he got inside the building, the boys were waiting outside the cinema showing the film, which is rated R.

According to Siegel, a Tyngsborough police officer working at the theater had asked the boys for identification. When they said they didn't have any with them, he didn't let them in the theater."



By ANNE LUNDREGAN
Telegraph Staff