Don't you just love Government Catch-22s Boing Boing: No-Fly lists even dumber than suspected : Even worse, because the gargantuan lists have to be widely circulated, the CIA won't allow the names of actual terrorist suspects to be added to them -- in other words, the No Fly lists only contain the names of people who aren't under any serious suspicion. So. If you're a terrorist you're not on the list and so you're allowed to fly. But if you're not a terrorist you could be on the list which will stop you flying because you might be a terrorist. In which case you couldn't be on the list and so... |
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[ 19-Oct-06 6:10pm ] [ Politics ]