Want to know if you are on the terror watch list? I just got this in an email:

"I asked my federal Congressman how to find out if I am
on the US Terrorist Watch List. Here is his reply:

'...a representative from the Transportation Security Commission
said that the actual list is protected under various national security
laws and therefore cannot be released to the public. There is a
process called the Department of Homeland Security Traveler
Redress Inquiry Program. This program allows a person to make
an inquiry as to if their name is on the list, and why their name is
on it. The program rescans your name and then, if you were
wrongly put on the list, they will remove your name from the list.
My contact said that if you would like to find out of your name is
on the list, you can go to this link and submit an inquiry.'
http://www.tsa.dhs.gov/travelers/customer/redress/index.shtm"

D'oh!

:hide:

I feel brave. :)

Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

There is a process called the Department of Homeland Security Traveler Redress Inquiry Program. This program allows a person to...

The first step of the process is to make an inquiry.
The second step of the process is to wait till hell freezes over.
The third step...

and even a few of the 9/11 terrorists. The rationale was that "others might be using their names" but it was clearly because the system is out of control. Over 700,000 names, I think.

Ted Kennedy was stopped twice because there was someone named T. Kennedy on the list. He flew this airline frequently, was known by all the employees, and was Ted Fucking Kennedy for god's sake! It still took him 3 weeks (or 3 months, can't remember) to get his name removed from the list.

If anyone is on it, they're screwn.

But my favorite crowbar and cattle prod still have to travel in checked baggage, durn it. :-( http://www.tsa.dhs.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm