Editor interrogated for nearly 15 hours
Australian deemed 'security threat' to U.S.

When an Australian magazine editor flew to Los Angeles last week to interview Olivia Newton-John she had no idea she would become the story.

New Idea editor Sue Smethurst said she would lodge a formal complaint with U.S. authorities after she was treated as a threat to national security and deported back to Australia after nearly 15 hours of interrogation at Los Angeles airport.

"I would have walked across broken glass to get home," Ms Smethurst said today.

The 30-year-old said she was interrogated, fingerprinted, had mugshots taken and was refused access to a lawyer.

"I was being made to sign documents and swear oaths — and I was quite concerned that that could be misconstrued and I had no help at all," she said.
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