Immigration officer fired after putting wife on list of terrorists to stop her flying home

OhioChick

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Tue Feb-01-11 12:24 AM
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Immigration officer fired after putting wife on list of terrorists to stop her flying home

30th January 2011

An immigration officer tried to rid himself of his wife by adding her name to a list of terrorist suspects.

He used his access to security databases to include his wife on a watch list of people banned from boarding flights into Britain because their presence in the country is 'not conducive to the public good'.

As a result the woman was unable for three years to return from Pakistan after travelling to the county to visit family.

The tampering went undetected until the immigration officer was selected for promotion and his wife name was found on the suspects' list during a vetting inquiry.

More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351937/Immigration-officer-fired-putting-wife-list-terrorists-stop-flying-home.html

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rocktivity

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Tue Feb-01-11 12:26 AM
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1. Fired? He should be

deported!!!!

:mad:
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petronius

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Tue Feb-01-11 12:51 AM
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2. I know people will take this the wrong way, but once you get past the pure despicable

vindictive evil nature of the crime it's actually kind of funny, and more clever than your average act of cruelty.

(Which is in no way intended to excuse him, or suggest that he doesn't deserve a substantial punishment and she a substantial compensation.)

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saras

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Tue Feb-01-11 01:17 AM
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4. I don't find it funny at all - not the slightest bit

And I also know that this is not the only person who is put on one of these lists for completely inappropriate reasons.

There isn't anything that can compensate her, unless you can provide years of her life back, not mere money.

And as far as punishment goes, I think he deserves to be deported to Somalia, the Congo, or somewhere else with no pretense to having a functioning legal system, so that he can learn the difference. Nothing less - certainly not merely imprisonment - is appropriate.

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struggle4progress

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Tue Feb-01-11 01:08 AM
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3. Sensational story. Unnamed officer. Unnamed sources. Third rate newspaper: Daily Mail

If it's true, you might expect a better paper to pick it up: until then, sprinkle salt over it all

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