Posted on 04/17/2017 1:21:14 AM PDT by Winniesboy
A three-month old baby was summoned to the US embassy in London for an interview after his grandfather mistakenly identified him as a terrorist.
Harvey Kenyon-Cairns had been due to fly to Orlando in Florida for his first overseas holiday, until his grandfather Paul Kenyon made the error on a visa waiver form.
On the part of the Esta form which reads “Do you seek to engage in or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities, espionage, sabotage, or genocide?” Kenyon ticked yes instead of no.
He only learned of his error when his grandson’s travel was refused. “I couldn’t believe that they couldn’t see it was a genuine mistake and that a three-month-old baby would be no harm to anyone,” said the 62-year-old... “They didn’t appear to have a sense of humour over it at all and couldn’t see the funny side...He’s obviously never engaged in genocide, or espionage, but he has sabotaged quite a few nappies in his time, though I didn’t tell them that at the US embassy.”.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Well you old ditz. You made the mistake. Take the child in and explain.
Ain’t any body that special as to not have to show up
Hmm.
Well.
Can’t be too careful.
Those diapers can be an absolute killer.
How many terrorists would check yes? That has to be a trick question. I wonder thought that gimme up?
Correct: No true terrorist would admit to being one on an official form.
Perhaps the logic is: The terrorist will inevitably lie, but later, after he attempts to commit (or succeeds in committing) a terrorist act, we can then also charge him with lying on the form.
You have to understand the bureaucratic mind.
Regards,
Why didn’t the kid’s hyphenated parents do this themselves?
Clever...us old people.
Error is sooooo big, it had to be deliberate.
The error may haunt that kid the rest of his life.
OK, I give up.
“I wonder who thought that gimmick up?”
it’s amazing how this android decides what it thinks I wrote and how it could be made mo’ bettah...
Fat fingers and oh-dark-thirty probably adds to the error factoring... but not always.
Can’t even fill out a simple form right. Blames all others.
So the cops entrusted with the task of protecting us believe what someone checks off on a form? the terrorist is going to check off yes?
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