Fox Reporter on TSA Watch list for Istanbul flight
Oct 1, 2014, 2:01 pm
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Fox Reporter on TSA Watch list for Istanbul flight
Stephen Hayes, a Fox and Weekly Standard reporter reports that he was put on the Terror Watch list because he flew into Istanbul and exited through Athens (for a cruise with his wife).
I'm doing a Delta RTW that includes an open leg between Istanbul and Paris and now I'm a bit worried I could be caught in the same situation. I do plan to fly out of Istanbul but on a separate ticket.
Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated.
(I put a link up there but I don't see it in my post; there is an article on politico that should be easy to search for with his name.....)
I'm doing a Delta RTW that includes an open leg between Istanbul and Paris and now I'm a bit worried I could be caught in the same situation. I do plan to fly out of Istanbul but on a separate ticket.
Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated.
(I put a link up there but I don't see it in my post; there is an article on politico that should be easy to search for with his name.....)
Oct 1, 2014, 5:34 pm
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The blacklisting does frequently take place as a result of such trips but it also tends to drop off over time for any such hit individual.
This topic already has been discussed here -- at least in one of the blacklist threads.
This topic already has been discussed here -- at least in one of the blacklist threads.
Last edited by essxjay; Oct 1, 2014 at 9:38 pm
Oct 2, 2014, 5:28 am
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I don't know what stories this reporter has done, but, there have been mysterious cases of a CNN reporter and a print reporter who wrote articles or did stories critical of the TSA. Lo & behold, the first time they flew after doing their stories, they found themselves on a List. The CNN guy was Drew Griffin.
Of course, this was during the Bush/Skeletor years and can't possibly happen today. 
A House representative said Thursday she is requesting an investigation after learning a CNN reporter was put on the federal no-fly list shortly after his investigation of the Transportation Security Administration.
Griffin learned in May [2008]he was on the list, about two months after he reported on the federal air marshals program.
Griffin learned in May [2008]he was on the list, about two months after he reported on the federal air marshals program.