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Jacob Kramer wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...rted&printer=1

Passenger Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted

1 hour, 25 minutes ago

By LESLIE MILLER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine when
it was discovered that passenger Yusuf Islam — formerly known as
singer Cat Stevens — was on a government watch list and barred from
entering the country.


That's our government at work. Causing the airliner the additional
expense when they could have kicked him out in Dallas.