SENATOR KENNEDY ON "NO-FLY" LIST
This is a relatively old story, but I just ran across it, so it's new to me. During the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation into 9/11, Senator Edward Kennedy, more commonly known as Senator Ted Kennedy, relayed his own story (Washington Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Canada Free Press) of being refused boarding passes on US Airways flights because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly"/terror watch list. (They stop Ted Kennedy from boarding but they let Cat Stevens, aka Yusef Islam, board. Geesh. Airlines.)
Apparently, the list didn't specify that Senator Kennedy be stopped. It noted that "T. Kennedy" is an alias by someone on the list of terror suspects, so Senator Kennedy was refused passage until he got a supervisor at the airport to verify his identity and give him approval to board. The Senator's ordeal didn't end there. It took 3 personal calls to Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge and 3 weeks for the Senator to be able to fly without being stopped.
I just hope there isn't a "J. Smith" or a "J. Kim" on that list.
Apparently, the list didn't specify that Senator Kennedy be stopped. It noted that "T. Kennedy" is an alias by someone on the list of terror suspects, so Senator Kennedy was refused passage until he got a supervisor at the airport to verify his identity and give him approval to board. The Senator's ordeal didn't end there. It took 3 personal calls to Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge and 3 weeks for the Senator to be able to fly without being stopped.
I just hope there isn't a "J. Smith" or a "J. Kim" on that list.
posted by Rene at
5:53 PM
