Department of Homeland Stupidity

Even seven-year-olds can be held up for hours at airports because they’re on the terrorist watch-list. Perhaps the kid needs to change his name, since apparently that’s all you need to do to baffle our security forces.

Ms. Harris and her husband — who, she said, had asked that his name not be used because of concerns that he would be flagged himself on business trips — often travel with their twin sons, Alex and Julian. On two occasions, Alex and his family were kept in a holding room upon arrival at Kennedy International Airport from London because his name apparently matched a name on the list.

Alex was born in 2000.

On the Road – Mistakes on Terrorist Watch List Affect Even Children – NYTimes.com

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