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pakidan that you?
Immigration Officer Puts Wife on the No-Fly List
I guess this is one way to save money on a divorce.
According to the Daily Mail Online, an immigration officer who worked for the UK Border Agency managed to get his wife out of his hair for three years by putting her name on the no-fly list while she was visiting the in-laws overseas. Officials confirmed on January 30 that the man had confessed to adding his wife's name to the list after she left for Pakistan, with the result that she was not allowed to get on a plane to come home. Airline and immigration authorities refused to explain to her why she was not being allowed to travel, although I imagine she put two and two together after her immigration-officer husband stopped answering his phone.
As you might expect, the husband was smart enough to tamper with immigration databases but not smart enough to avoid getting caught. Or, at least, it appears that at some point during the three years he forgot he had exiled his wife, and that he had done so by putting her on a list of people considered potentially dangerous. He later applied for a promotion, which required a new background check, which showed that, lo and behold, he was married to somebody on a terrorist watch list. That raised some eyebrows, and the officer then admitted he had tampered with the list.
He has been fired, and boy is he going to be in the doghouse when Mrs. Immigration Officer gets home after three years in Pakistan. Man, he better have some flowers waiting, is all I can say.
According to the report, the UK Border Agency has, like our own Department of Homeland Security, been criticized for "poor performance" and has suffered a number of humiliating incidents, "for example the incident 19 months ago when an illegal immigrant escaped from the Channel Tunnel port at Folkestone by clinging to the underside of a bus carrying Border Agency staff."
Now they seem like our Department of Homeland Security, but with Benny Hill music.
To my knowledge, no DHS or TSA official has tried the no-fly trick on his or her spouse, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time. They did put an eight-year-old on it, although they said they didn't. The Humiliating Bus Incident reminds me of the U.S. fugitive who authorities could not locate for almost two years although she was working for the Department of Homeland Security the entire time. That's not quite as awesome as escaping by clinging to the underside of a bus carrying DHS employees, but it's still pretty remarkable.
pakidan that you?
Wow. That's really cold.
3 years... and the guy was just fired... but only 2 responses?
I guess abortions are more trendy...
Almost every time you create a new law, there will be ways for lawful evil people to abuse them.
Its crazy but whats there really to discuss?
That maybe we ought to do away with non-sense like that?
Or at least provide some sort of ability to challenge your inclusion in said lists?
I don't know. I'm just thinking out loud, Manny.
Why didn't I think of this?
Therefore, don't create new laws and regulations, and defund the enforcement authorities.
--- Movement Conservatives
Accountability and streamlined challenges are needed.
I'm sorry that your mental handicap makes you believe that.
I think what manny was driving at is that there's probably not going to be any disagreement here that this guy is a jackass and what he did is unacceptable behavior. There's really only one side to be on here and that's not really condusive to sparking a lively discussion.
I understand. However, I don't think this is necessarily just about one bad apple.
What do you mean by "streamlined challenges"?
Accountability is just not possible when lists like this are secret, and the decision about inclusion or removal are entirely arbitrary.
Or you're advocating making the system open, even if it could hint people of being investigated?
Look...
Anyone can abuse the law. It's wrong. We see it all the time. Mistakes happen too. If its any consolation, I am an advocate of the harshest penalties for anyone intentionally violating their position of trust thorough.
That's all good. But it doesn't address the fact that the system is designed with no-oversight in mind, which invites these abuses of power.
LoL......You guess abortions are more trendy. Sweet guy. One dude throws his wife on a No-fly List and you want to compare it 50 million killings since 73.
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