Homeland Security Keeping us Safe from Babies

Click on the title link to read the full article. It would be funny if it wasn't true. Here are a few excerpts:

WASHINGTON - Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout the U.S. because their names are the same as or similar to those of possible terrorists on the government's "no-fly list."

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...airlines still have the duty to check passengers' names against those supplied by the government. That job has become more difficult - since the 2001 attacks the lists have swelled from a dozen or so names to more than 100,000 names, according to people in the aviation industry who are familiar with the issue. They asked not to be identified by name because the exact number is restricted information.

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The TSA has a "passenger ombudsman" who will investigate individual claims from passengers who say they are mistakenly on the lists. TSA spokeswoman Yolanda Clark said 89 children have submitted their names to the ombudsman. Of those, 14 are under the age of 2.

How stupid can people be? There is way too much political correctness taking place. People are so afraid to be accused of "racial profiling" and other biases that they spend their time challenging anyone and everyone, no matter how ridiculous. Here's an idea: if a child is too young to walk, speak or feed itself, chances are good it won't leap up in the middle of the flight and hijack the plane with an assault rattle. Unless babies are wearing exploding Huggies or screaming and crying loudly, leave them alone and focus security efforts elsewhere.