[IP] How to get off of the Feds' Do Not Fly list

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: October 15, 2004 3:45:58 AM GMT+01:00
To: politech@politechbot.com
Subject: [Politech] How to get off of the Feds' Do Not Fly list

[Or become a U.S. senator? --Declan]

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Subject: how to get off a do-not-fly-list
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:16:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: deleted
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
References: <416C9EC0.9050401@well.com>

Declan,

(Please anonymize if posting to the list.)

According to this article at MSNBC ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6232745/

... all you need to do to get off a do-not-fly-list is modify your name 
in
some way by adding a middle initial or a suffix. In other words, the 
folks
responsible for the list are too stupid to figure out how to prevent 
false
positives, but a true terrorist can get off the list by adding a middle
initial. This information comes directly from "TSA Spokesman Mark
Hatfield" as quoted in the article.

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