A Seattle (US) news site reported this incredible story and I read it on one of my favourite blogs, http://www.boingboing.org/ (“A Directory Of Wonderful Things”). Incredibly STUPID that is – a prime example of why so many people who travel regularly, including us, will never fly through the US (in transit) again.
A five-year-old boy was taken into custody and thoroughly searched at Sea-Tac because his name is similar to a possible terrorist alias. As the Consumerist reports, "When his mother went to pick him up and hug him and comfort him during the proceedings, she was told not to touch him because he was a national security risk. They also had to frisk her again to make sure the little Dillinger hadn't passed anything dangerous weapons or materials to his mother when she hugged him."
It's a case of a mistaken identity for a 5-year-old boy from Normandy Park. He had trouble boarding a plane because someone with the same name is wanted by the federal government. Mimi Jung reports from Sea-Tac Airport.
Boing Boing summed it up very succinctly: “You know, if you wanted to systematically discredit the idea of a Department of Homeland Security, if you wanted to make an utter mockery of aviation safety, you could not do a better job than this”
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