6 year old girl on terror watchlist

[Clintonista2]

WASHINGTON: Santhosh Thomas, an Indian-American doctor, is at a loss to understand how his 6-year-old daughter Alyssa turned up on the US government's terror watch list or how to get her off it.

The worst thing Alyssa has ever done is probably threatening her sister and that the doctor from Westlake, Ohio, says he's sure is not enough to land her on the no-fly list of suspected terrorists.

"She may have threatened her sister, but I don't think that constitutes Homeland Security triggers," Thomas said.

An airline ticket agent informed the family of their predicament when they embarked on recent trip from Cleveland to Minneapolis. "They said, 'Well, she's on the list.' We're like, okay, what's the story? What do we have to do to get off the list? This isn't exactly the list we want to be on," Thomas was quoted as saying.

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Federal authorities have acknowledged that such a no-fly list exists, but as a matter of national security, they won't comment on whose names are on it nor why.

"The watch lists are an important layer of security to prevent individuals with known or suspected ties to terrorism from flying," an unnamed spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration told Fox News.

"She's been flying since she was two-months old, so that has not been an issue," Alyssa's dad said. "In fact, we had travelled to Mexico in February and there were no issues at that time."

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/What-is-a-6-year-old-Indian-American-girl-doing-on-US-terror-list/articleshow/6100855.cms

[Systematic Chaos]

1. Just have the family file a 27B-6 and that'll clear it right up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eosrujtjJHA

[Jamastiene]

2. I've met some kids that I considered little terrorists, but

that was only in jest. They were actually just little hellions.

All joking aside, I can't believe they put a 6 year old on that list. That's just awful.

[metalbot]

3. It's unlikely that a 6 year old is on the list

Far more likely is that someone who shares the name and birthday (but not year) is on the list, and that is sufficient to trigger a hold.

[Crabby Appleton]

4. There are at least 126 people in the US

with that name.