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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 08:03 PM
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Immigration officer sacked for putting wife he didn't like on terror watch list
from the Mirror UK:


An immigration officer put his own wife on a terrorist watch list – ­so she could not get home from a trip to Pakistan.

The officer was so sick of his partner that when she was visiting family overseas he added her name to the register of people banned from flights into the UK.

When she went to the airport to get her return flight back, officials told her she could not board the plane and did not ­explain why.

She called her husband, who ­promised to look into it – but left her stuck in Pakistan for THREE YEARS. He was sacked after bosses found out about his antics. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/30/immigration-officer-sacked-for-putting-wife-he-didn-t-like-on-terror-watch-list-115875-22884828/



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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 08:29 PM
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1. If he worked for the TSA ...
... could he put her on a groping list?
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