Tiny Terrorists

From Drudge:

That baby can't fly: Infants with terrorists' names on no-fly list
Mon Aug 15 2005 14:33:22 ET

At least 14 infants have been stopped from boarding planes in the U.S. -- because their names are the same or similar to possible terrorists on the government's no-flylist!

It sounds like a joke, but it's not funny to parents who miss flights while scrambling to have babies' passports and other documents faxed.

The AP is planning to detail later on Monday, wire sources tell DRUDGE.

Developing...

Why is it the business of the government to provide security for airlines? I'm in business, the government doesn't pay to have guards at my door screening my customers. If I feel I need that type of security I have to pay for that myself. "Planes can be used as weapons of mass destruction." Okay, gasoline tanker trucks can be used as weapons of mass destruction. I've yet to see the police escorting one as it pulls into an Exxon. Not only should the airlines provide their own security, they could do a much better job. Only a government employee would keep a baby from boarding a plane because its name was similar to one on a list of possible terrorists. Private employees use common sense. Using common sense doesn't get you anywhere when you work for the government.

Edited to add link to complete AP story here.