What to do when you’re being investigated for terrorism? Start an art project of course.
Hasan Elahi is a professor at the University of Maryland and an artist, who was stopped by the FBI at Detroit Airport in 2002.
The FBI suspected he was involved in terrorist activities and, over six months, brought him in for repeated questioning.
They wanted to know where he was in September 2001, when the attacks on the World Trade Center took place.
Luckily Elahi kept detailed notes in his planner, but it took nine polygraph tests until the FBI were satisfied he wasn’t involved.