Yahoo! news is reporting that Ted Kennedy was "accidentally" added to the No-Fly list recently designed to keep terrorists off of commercial airliners. Allegedly, he was stopped from boarding two Washington-to-Boston shuttles, and was only able to get onto the plane after calling Tom Ridge personally for clearance! Currently, he is using these incidents as illustrations of beaurocratic inepitude and the need to provide more accountability for the No-Fly list. After all, the average joe who was accidentally added, probably doesn't have Mr. Ridge's cell phone number handy.
Of course, you have to wonder if this is really a snafu, or if there is a Republican clerk somewhere laughing hysterically. Normally, I wouldn't be suspicious of such a development, but when it strikes Ted Kennedy - John Kerry's number one supporter - you really have to be skeptical. I doubt that anyone high up in the Bush Adminstration would abuse their authority this way, but I would not be shocked at all if some minor functionary is enjoying telling the story of how he was a giant-killer at some Washington bar every night.
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