From Risks Digest:
UK Immigration Officer Puts Wife on the No-Fly List
Bruce Schneier
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:03:31 -0600
[From CRYPTO-GRAM, 15 Feb 2011. PGN]
A UK immigration officer decided to get rid of his wife by putting her on
the no-fly list, ensuring that she could not return to the UK from abroad.
This worked for three years, until he put in for a promotion and—during
the routine background check—someone investigated why his wife was on the
no-fly list.
Okay, so he’s an idiot. And a bastard. But the real piece of news here is
how easy it is for a UK immigration officer to put someone on the no-fly
list with *absolutely no evidence* that that person belongs there. And how
little auditing is done on that list. Once someone is on, they’re on for
good.
That’s simply no way to run a free country.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41372870
http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/02/immigration-officer-puts-wife-on-the-no-fly-list.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351937/Immigration-officer-fired-putting-wife-list-terrorists-stop-flying-home.html
I wish I knew someone in immigration who could put my wife on the no fly list! 🙂