March 18, 2006
MR. ADAMS, THOSE MEN IN ORANGE WANT A WORD WITH YOU:
Gerry Adams detained at D.C. airport (Carolyn Thompson, 3/17/06, AP)
Gerry Adams, leader of the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party in Northern Ireland, was detained at a Washington airport on Friday after attending a St. Patrick's Day event at the White House, according to a congressman.Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., who had invited Adams to speak at the Buffalo Irish Center, told the audience Friday night that Adams didn't make it to Buffalo in time because he was detained at Reagan National Airport. [...]
"Gerry Adams should not have been on a terror watch list," said Higgins.
Yeah, we'll have to wait for him to win a Nobel Peace Prize to be certain he's a threat.
Posted by Matt Murphy at March 18, 2006 12:44 AMWhat happened to the "Get Out of Jail Free" card Clinton gave him?
Posted by: erp at March 18, 2006 8:08 AMExpired on 9/11/2001. Yet another Clinton mess Bush has to clean up.
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at March 18, 2006 10:12 AMConsidering a friend of mine got on the "no-fly" list by renewing his Danish passport at the local consulate instead of back in Copenhagen, it's hard to generate a lot of sympathy for a creep like Adams who's been a front for terrorists al his life. But what was he doing "attending a St. Patrick's Day event at the White House" in the first place? Why doesn't he deserve the Arafat treatment?
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at March 18, 2006 11:40 AMHe was banned last year, but was on the guest list this year, though no story I've seen explains why the change in status was made by the administration.
Posted by: John at March 18, 2006 12:02 PM