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Sen. Ted Kennedy Appeared on “No-Fly” List

HeadlineAug 20, 2004

New questions have arisen over how the government maintains its secret no-fly lists that are designed to help airlines spot potential terrorists. Yesterday Senator Ted Kennedy revealed that his name recently appeared on the no-fly list and that earlier this year he was stopped and questioned at five different airports. And it appears every Kennedy in the country who had the first initial T may have been stopped. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the government had determined “T Kennedy” had been used as an alias by a terrorist suspect.

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