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摘要

After the 9/11 attacks in 2001, federal authorities in the US began compiling a list of people deemed a threat to airline security and therefore not to be allowed on board commercial flights. The no-fly list quickly grew beyond the likes of Osama bin Laden to include many other names and aliases, some of which were hardly unique. There was, for example, a "T. Kennedy" on the list, as a result of which Senator Ted Kennedy was delayed on a number of flights, even though his given name is Edward. The list also included "Cat Stevens", the former name of the British singer who changed his name to Yusuf Islam, and who was banned from entering the US for some years. This led to Catherine Stevens, the wife of Senator Ted Stevens, being grilled by zealous Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers.