From [IP], 60 Minutes gets its hands on the no-fly list

Absolutely ridiculous use of technology (a computer database) gone awry because of the knucklehead people using it.  Embarrassing and unacceptable.

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From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org>
Date: October 6, 2006 3:32:17 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: 60 Minutes gets its hands on the no-fly list

        Unlikely Terrorists On No-Fly List
        Steve Kroft reports lists includes President of Bolivia,
        dead 9/11 hijackers
        http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/05/60minutes/main2066624.shtml

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        Gary Smith, John Williams and Robert Johnson are some of those
        names. Kroft talked to 12 people with the name Robert Johnson, all
        of whom are detained almost every time they fly. The detentions
        can include strip searches and long delays in their travels.

        "Well, Robert Johnson will never get off the list," says
        Donna Bucella, who oversaw the creation of the list and has
        headed up the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center since 2003. She
        regrets the trouble they experience, but chalks it up to the
        price of security in the post-9/11 world. "They're going to be
        inconvenienced every time ... because they do have the name of
        a person who's a known or suspected terrorist," says Bucella.

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