Exec Charged Under Patriot Act for Drunken Behavior on Plane
ERIKA LOVLEY
Politico
October 15, 2009
David Bass – the Washington P.R. executive charged with a federal felony for alleged drunken behavior on a flight into Washington Reagan National Airport – says he was “out of it” on allergy medication and did nothing more than demand a glass of wine.
“They refused to serve me wine because they said I appeared drunk,” Bass told POLITICO Thursday morning as news that he’d been charged under the U.S. Patriot Act rolled through Washington.
Bass said he wasn’t drunk on the flight, but rather had been taking Benadryl for an allergic reaction.
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“I didn’t see any reason why I couldn’t get a glass of wine,” he said. “I was extremely sleep deprived. I have a bad history of traveling south.”
“The last thing I would ever be is a threat to anyone on a plane,” Bass said.
Police met Bass’s flight when it landed at Reagan. In a sworn affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, FBI Agent David Wiegand said that Bass had appeared drunk and abusive on the flight, demanding alcohol and refusing flight attendants’ orders to sit down.
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