T. Kennedy == Terrorist says TSA
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/20/MNGQ28BM1O1.D... Washington -- Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy said Thursday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times in March because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly" list. <SNIP> "That a clerical error could lend one of the most powerful people in Washington to the list -- it makes one wonder just how many others who are not terrorists are on the list," said Reggie Shuford, a senior ACLU counsel. "Someone of Sen. Kennedy's stature can simply call a friend to have his name removed, but a regular American citizen does not have that ability. He had to call three times himself." <SNIP> ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. /|\ \|/ :They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country /\|/\ <--*-->:and our people, and neither do we." -G. W. Bush, 2004.08.05 \/|\/ /|\ : \|/ + v + : War is Peace, freedom is slavery, Bush is President. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 09:54, Sunder wrote:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/20/MNGQ28BM1O1.D...
Washington -- Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy said Thursday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times in March because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly" list.
It was a mistake, of course. Chappaquiddick-boy should have been put on the "no-drive" list.
oh yeah. I forgot -- "give unto Caesar what is Caesar's" I think Jesus, like Odysseus, would have recognized the need not to choose, or at least, no need to choose. -Hap. On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Steve Furlong wrote:
On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 09:54, Sunder wrote:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/20/MNGQ28BM1O1.D...
Washington -- Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy said Thursday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times in March because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly" list.
It was a mistake, of course. Chappaquiddick-boy should have been put on the "no-drive" list.
Oops. that's what I get for responding too hastily - that response was supposed to be to the mail indexed before this message ... though a little non-sequitur now and then ... Sorry. On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Steve Furlong wrote:
On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 09:54, Sunder wrote:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/20/MNGQ28BM1O1.D...
Washington -- Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy said Thursday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times in March because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly" list.
It was a mistake, of course. Chappaquiddick-boy should have been put on the "no-drive" list.
The ban on Teddie flying had nothing to do with natsec. Years ago it was tried due to his being drunk and his stench of piss, vomit and scotch. Later, it was tried due to his being drunk, stinking, and too fat to fit in a single seat, demanding two or more, depending on whether he could be propped upright. Nobody from the Kennedy clan could or would travel with him. Aides had to go ahead to prepare the way for public "Irish strut-stagger," so Kennedy never got refused until he was ready to make a federal case about it. To be sure, members of both parties behave in public as pigs at trough, laced with whiskey or dope or tranquilizers or all. Ban them from public transport, which they use only occasionally to appear to be a little piggy, pray for frayed wiring on their private means of transport.
At 06:54 AM 8/20/2004, Sunder wrote:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/20/MNGQ28BM1O1.D...
Washington -- Sen. Edward "Ted" Kennedy said Thursday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times in March because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly" list.
Also Congressman John Lewis gets caught by this, though he can usually fly if he buys his tickets as "John R. Lewis". Unlike Kennedy, he tried going though channels to get off the lists, rather than starting with Ashcroft and working his way down. There's also a "Dr. John Lewis" who gets this kind of abuse, and registering as "Dr" or "John W. Lewis" doesn't seem to help him.
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