> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> ["[O]ne of the Air France passengers singled out by the FBI was a
>> child whose name happened to be the same as a wanted Islamic
>> extremist from Tunisia. The others on the list were an elderly
>> Chinese lady who had at one time run a restaurant in Paris, an
>> insurance salesman from Wales and three French nationals...."]
>> French flights to US cancelled due to case of mistaken identity
>
> I'm really loving all this hysteria over these plane flights. The
> Department of Homeleand Security is doing a thorough job of
> discrediting itself and managing to wreck the travel and airline
> industry at the same time.
>
i was wondering about this. are there estimates, yet, of how much these things over the last few days (the air france and BA flights) have cost? and who's paying for it?
j