Posted on 02/14/2011 11:17:13 AM PST by Mikey_1962
An immigration officer who wanted to get rid of his wife added her name to a terrorist watch list to prevent her from flying home.
The man illegally accessed government databases in the United Kingdom to list his spouse as someone whose presence in the country was "not conducive to the public good".
As a result the woman was blocked from entering the UK for three years after leaving to visit her family in Pakistan.
When the husband applied for promotion, a routine security check on his family revealed the deception.
A spokesman for Britain's Home Office said the officer had been sacked for "gross misconduct".
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I wonder how the happy couple are doing...
what was that movie danny divito, mike douglass and iirc the girl from romancing the stone? this little trick would fit right in.
Hmmm, the wife may have enrolled in the Lorena Bobbit school of Conflict resolution....
For a bit there, I thought Bubba Clinton had come up with the perfect way to keep Hillary at bay.
As someone who has an EX I find this story entertaining...
Yep, we can trust the gummint....
Shouldn't he also be in prison?
Sounds good to me! Anyone traveling voluntarily to Pakistan should stay there.
Yeah, because there're no missionaries or humanitarian groups going to Pakistan...
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