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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Burger, since we dont' know how to get on the list, how can they detail how to get off? C'mon, you're too smart for this argument.
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No, I think it's a legitimate question. If you're placed on the list for whatever reason, why is it absurd to specify that a person who is on the list may submit some set of materials to whoever to prove they are not, in fact, the terrorist the list thinks they are.
I'm not going to waste time googling it, but I've read at least three articles, over the last year, discussing people banned from flying who, it turns out, simply had a name similar to those of suspected terrorists. Indeed, one of the passengers on the Christmas flight from Paris to LA suspected of being a terrorist on the basis of her name was a five-year old girl.
Now, if you're talking about someone on the list because, say, the CIA has information that they met with a known al qaeda operative in Spain in 1999, then, sure, don't tell them what they have to disprove. But the issue there isn't telling them, it's an issue of being confident we're right. Besides, what would be so wrong about telling such a person to "come into our office so we can talk to you?"
