The TSA must be picking on the Irish
Senator Ted Kennedy, the archetypal liberal Democrat from Massachusetts, is often called names by Republicans. But until this year he had never beenviewed as a threat to US air travel.
Kennedy -- one of the most recognizable figures in American politics -- told aSenate committee hearing on Thursday he had been blocked several times fromboarding commercial airline flights because his name was on a "no-fly" listintended to exclude potential terrorists.
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Kennedy was eventually allowed on theflights, but it took numerous calls to the Department of Homeland Security toclear up the mistake and get his name off the list. Noting it had taken him weeks to resolve the matter, Kennedy wondered aloudhow difficult it might be for ordinary Americans to have their names removedif they were also mistakenly placed on the watch list.
A Kennedy spokesman said the whole thing had resulted from a simple error andhad not been politically motivated. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge personally called Kennedy "to make surethat the situation was remedied," said a spokeswoman for Ridge's department
Do you think that Tom Ridge will make a call for me? I dont think so.
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