A Paris-to-Mexico flight was diverted from American airspace to the Caribbean because one of its passengers was on the American "no-fly" list.
His crime? He was a Colombian journalist who had been critical of the U.S. He was not a terrorist.
The plane was not scheduled to stop in the United States - just fly over it.
More details at the Telegraph (U.K.), and discussion thread at Metafilter.
LOL. I guess I should be upset at this...freedom of speech and all that. But I just can't rouse myself to be to critical of the Obama Administration being tough on terrorists.
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ReplyDeleteOops. You're quite right, Anon. Fixed. Tx.
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