6-year-old on no-fly list

[Dave Farber <dfarber () me com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Abe Singer <abe () oyvay nu>
> Date: June 27, 2010 5:48:14 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: 6-year-old on no-fly list

> Dr. Farber,
>
> For IP if you like:
>
> According to this new story, a 6 year old girl found herself on the
> DHS no-fly list.  While that alone is not news, the interesting part is
> that DHS refuses to remove her name.  
>
>  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/26/year-old-ohio-girl-placed-fly-list/
>
> Assuming that this is the result of a namespace collision (the
> alternative, the child being a suspect, is rather bizarre), It seems
> to me that DHS knows who they are looking for, and knows more about
> them than just a name.  Why can they not provide a little more detail
> to the no-fly list?  Adding to the list some simple descriptive info,
> such as approximate age (even just to the decade), would go a long way
> towards avoiding these kinds of difficulties.



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