[Infowarrior] - TSA searches, detains 5 year old because his name was on no-fly list

[Richard Forno]

(c/o RSK)

TSA searches, detains 5 year old because his name was on no-fly list
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/09/tsa-searches-detains.html

A five-year-old boy was taken into custody and thoroughly searched at
Sea-Tac because his name is similar to a possible terrorist alias. As the
Consumerist reports, "When his mother went to pick him up and hug him and
comfort him during the proceedings, she was told not to touch him because he
was a national security risk. They also had to frisk her again to make sure
the little Dillinger hadn't passed anything dangerous weapons or materials
to his mother when she hugged him."

    It's a case of a mistaken identity for a 5-year-old boy from Normandy
Park. He had trouble boarding a plane because someone with the same name is
wanted by the federal government. Mimi Jung reports from Sea-Tac Airport.

You know, if you wanted to systematically discredit the idea of a Department
of Homeland Security, if you wanted to make an utter mockery of aviation
safety, you could not do a better job than this.