[osint] Man returned to France after U.S. refuses entry

[R.A. Hettinga]

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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:16:14 -0500
Subject: [osint] Man returned to France after U.S. refuses entry
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Man returned to France after U.S. refuses entry
Officials: Traveler appeared on no-fly list

(CNN) -- A traveler departed on a flight to France Sunday after
authorities refused him entry to the United States, a spokesman for the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

Authorities identified the traveler as being on a so-called no-fly list
on Saturday, and diverted his Paris-to-Washington flight to Bangor,
Maine, where it was met by federal officials, the Transportation
Security Administration said.

The man was taken off the plane, and another man traveling with him
chose to depart the aircraft. The Air France flight then proceeded to
Washington Dulles International Airport without the two men, who spent
the night in Bangor's Penobscot County Jail.

Sgt. Steven Slowik, shift supervisor at the jail, identified the men as
Ahmed Lhacti, 47, and Mohammad Oukassou, 76, both Moroccan.

Slowik said federal authorities had not told jail officials which man
was on the no-fly list, or why.

U.S. authorities use no-fly lists to screen suspected terrorists from
flying on airlines. Due to mistaken identity, some travelers have been
wrongly denied permission to fly or to enter the United States.

While the men were being processed in Bangor, agents determined that the
man on the no-fly list was traveling with an expired passport, and he
was denied entry, said Barry Morrissey with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.

The man's apparent traveling companion chose to return to Paris with him
Sunday.

A TSA spokeswoman said Saturday that Air France should not have allowed
the passenger to board the flight to the United States while in Paris.

Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/21/flight.diverted/index.html



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