Clerical error puts Kennedy on "no fly" list

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:40:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subj: Clerical error puts Kennedy on "no fly" list

Clerical error puts Kennedy on "no fly" list

CAPITOL HILL The Senate Judiciary Committee has heard this morning from one 
of its own about some of the problems with airline "no fly" watch lists.

Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy says he had a close encounter with the 
lists when trying to take the U-S Airways shuttle out of Washington to 
Boston.

The ticket agent wouldnt let him on the plane. His name was on the list -- 
in error. After a flurry of phone calls, Kennedy was able to fly home, but 
then the same thing happened coming back to Washington.

Kennedy says it took three calls to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge 
to get his name stricken from the list. The process took several weeks, in 
all.

And Kennedy asks -- what about the little guy?
http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=2195545
 

 

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