They've Got a Little List
A British immigration officer, who wasn't named by media, has been fired for putting his wife on the nation's terrorism watch list. The man added her name to the list when she was in Pakistan visiting family. When she tried to return home, she was barred from getting on the plane. The man's actions were not discovered until three years later, when he was being vetted for a promotion.
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Probably fired because his boss didn't think of doing it to his wife first.
You mean government regulators will abuse powers? This could never happen in America.
This is not news. It was in the press on February 1, 2011.
Not all of us bothered to renew our subscription to "British Immigration Service Employment Cases Today" like you did. So it is news to us.
it was reported in the Feb 3 Daily Mail.
Who gets past the half naked celeb pics to read the news?
Who gets past the half naked famous actress pics to read the news in the Mail?
Who gets past the h@lf n@ked cel*b pics to read the news in the Mail?
I thought you knew everything, John.
The system works!
Brilliant!
Hmmm...
We did this bit years ago...