Pilot Suspended For Being on Terrorist Watch List

From cnn.com: "Erich Scherfen served for 13 years in the U.S. military. After receiving an honorable discharge, he was hired as a pilot for a regional airline. In April, Scherfen learned that he was on a government terror watch list and would be suspended from his job. He was told he faced termination on September 1 unless he was able to clear his name."

Full story: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/22/pilot.watch.list/index.html
srdsays...

What I want to know is: Where's the money? The art of taxation (and gouvernment) as Terry Pratchett so eloquently describes it, is to get the largest amount of milk for the smallest amount of moo. These terror watch lists are rediculous, do nothing for security and are at best an exercise in burocratic masturbation. Somebody has to profit, or it would have been thrown out long ago. So who?

EDDsays...

Freedom of religion, thrown out the window.

And how was this coverage "shit", choggie? Even if, as you say, the rest of CNN news was mostly "shit", how is it relevant in this case? You see, although there's plenty of Fox News haters here, I don't see them trolling Fox reports that cover mundane problems and aren't obviously biased (I don't see how this was). Please elaborate.

>> ^choggie:
CNN is shit.

gwiz665says...

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
Never ever give your government wide sweeping ambiguous power or you will pay for it. Patriot act was the worst blow against freedom of our time.


If GWB was just a bit smarter, Star Wars would be prophetic. I'm certain he's been talking with Saddam saying something to the effect of "I will make it legal!"

bamdrewsays...

>> ^srd:
Somebody has to profit, or it would have been thrown out long ago. So who?



The government is making you safe! The government is doing a good job! Spend some cash and fly somewhere, its totally safe now! Look at all the rigmarole we make you go through; how could anything bad possibly ever happen again!?

Paybacksays...

>> ^gwiz665:
>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
Never ever give your government wide sweeping ambiguous power or you will pay for it. Patriot act was the worst blow against freedom of our time.

If GWB was just a bit smarter, Star Wars would be prophetic. I'm certain he's been talking with Saddam saying something to the effect of "I will make it legal!"


Ummm... you do know Saddam is dead, right?

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