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Journal SPAM: 5-Year-Old Boy Detained as US National Security Threat 1

It's a case of a mistaken identity for a 5-year-old boy from Normandy Park. He had trouble boarding a plane because someone with the same name is wanted by the federal government. "When his mother went to pick him up and hug him and comfort him during the proceedings, she was told not to touch him because he was a national security risk. They also had to frisk her again to make sure the little Dillinger hadn't passed anything dangerous weapons or materials to his mother when she hugged him." Cory Doctrow adds: "if you wanted to systematically discredit the idea of a Department of Homeland Security, if you wanted to make an utter mockery of aviation safety, you could not do a better job than this." This begins to remind one of the Good Germans.

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5-Year-Old Boy Detained as US National Security Threat

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  • Well I guess the kid will just need a Real ID [slashdot.org] and all these problems go away right? Obviously the child was just a midget terrorist :P

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