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Sen. Kennedy flagged by no-fly list
I can't help but be surprised that none of the airline employees at National or Logan would recognize the senior senator from Massachusetts and just overide the list. But, anyway, the larger point remains:
"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, senior ACLU counsel. "Someone of Senator 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."
I can't help but be surprised that none of the airline employees at National or Logan would recognize the senior senator from Massachusetts and just overide the list. But, anyway, the larger point remains:
"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, senior ACLU counsel. "Someone of Senator 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."