There are now 1 million entries on the federal government’s terrorist watch list, according to USA TODAY, up nearly one-third since 2007. The growth comes even as officials work to delete names that should not be on the list. Last year, 33,000 entries were removed, often in response to “redress” requests from frustrated airline passengers.
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America goes insane
March 18, 2009 – 7:30 am
V Australia, Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch
February 26, 2009 – 8:31 pm
Virgin Blue might be playing Brer Rabbit pleading not to be flung into the Briar Patch over the misfortunes of its V Australia subsidiary.
The generally negative coverage given to V Australia’s ‘ruinously costly’ tilt at the Qantas dominated routes between Australia and the US doesn’t quit fit into the hole dug for it by the [...]
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