Saturday, March 18, 2006
Adams Held At US Airport.
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams was held for "secondary screening" at a Washington airport, causing him to miss a St Patrick's Day event in Buffalo.
Congressman Brian Higgins told the audience at the venue Mr Adams was absent because his name was on a "terror watch list".
A Homeland Security official declined to explain why Mr Adams underwent the secondary screening, which was described as "thorough".
I don't personally have a lot of time for Adams, but for him to be on a terror watch list in the USA after all that he has done for the peace process and weapons decommissioning in Northern Ireland smacks of sheer stupidity.
Like him or loath him, he's a politician.
What did the idiots expect to find in his luggage, an exploding shamrock?
See all recent posts.
Congressman Brian Higgins told the audience at the venue Mr Adams was absent because his name was on a "terror watch list".
A Homeland Security official declined to explain why Mr Adams underwent the secondary screening, which was described as "thorough".
I don't personally have a lot of time for Adams, but for him to be on a terror watch list in the USA after all that he has done for the peace process and weapons decommissioning in Northern Ireland smacks of sheer stupidity.
Like him or loath him, he's a politician.
What did the idiots expect to find in his luggage, an exploding shamrock?
See all recent posts.
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