DAVID NELSONS
July 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
AN UNLIKELY new group is being stopped at US airports for suspicious activities: anyone called David Nelson. At least six people in the Los Angeles area, 18 in Oregon and four in Alaska have been detained by airport authorities because they are named David Nelson. The Transportation Security Administration blames a glitch in its name-matching technology.
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AN UNLIKELY new group is being stopped at US airports for suspicious activities: anyone called David Nelson. At least six people in the Los Angeles area, 18 in Oregon and four in Alaska have been detained by airport authorities because they are named David Nelson. The Transportation Security Administration blames a glitch in its name-matching technology.
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