Grounded along with other fellow terrorists

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Grounded along with other fellow terrorists

By DOUG THOMPSON Personal Commentary
Publisher, Capitol Hill Blue
Jan 24, 2006, 07:09

When my wife’s favorite aunt died last November we immediately made plans to head for St. Louis for the funeral.

We drove the 700 miles to St. Louis. I am not allowed to fly on an airplane within the United States because the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration consider me a threat to the security of the United States.

Yep. I’m on the official “no-fly” list, along with some 80,000 other Americans.

Most people don’t learn they are on the list until they get to the airport and attempt to get a boarding pass. I’m lucky. A longtime friend who works for an airline tipped me several months ago that I’m on the list. So I don't even bother trying to fly.