Babies Caught Up in ‘No-Fly’ Confusion
Babies Caught Up in ‘No-Fly’ Confusion
Only in America…
Sarah Zapolsky and her husband had a[n]… experience last month while departing from Dulles International Airport outside Washington. An airline ticket agent told them their 11-month-old son was on the government list.
They were able to board their flight after ticket agents took a half-hour to fax her son’s passport and fill out paperwork.
“I understand that security is important,” Zapolsky said. “But if they’re just guessing, and we have to give up our passport to prove that our 11-month-old is not a terrorist, it’s a waste of their time.”
Another demonstration on the stupidity of the ’security’ measures taken in the ‘war on terror’. Obviously the complete abandonment of common sense in recent times dictates that even when they see the suspected terrorist is wearing a nappy, dribbling, and unable to speak (or, to coin a phrase ‘Bush-like’), they still have to go through the paperwork.
December 21st, 2005 at 7:28 am
nine-month-old terrorist
The brilliant DHS / TSA no-fly list strikes again - in this case the dangerous individual suspected of being a terrorist was a 9-month-old baby - apparently they train ‘em young these days. An article from Reuters reports that…