Gerry Adams Detained at D.C. Airport

[maddezmom]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Gerry Adams, leader of the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party in Northern Ireland, was detained at a Washington airport 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 did not make it to Buffalo in time because he was detained at Reagan National Airport.

A spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration said she could not confirm that Adams was detained at the airport. Jennifer Peppin said the TSA log showed no record of Adams being detained or subjected to secondary screening.

However, Higgins' chief of staff Chuck Eaton later said that Adams was at Washington's other airport, Dulles International. TSA officials were unavailable for comment early Saturday to say whether he had been detained there.

more:http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5694770,00.html

[northofdenali]

1. Assholes.

[Up2Late]

2. Hey! Does our neo-Fascist Government Suck, or what?

Must have been on the "terrrist Watch list." :banghead: :grr:

[daveskilt]

4. gerry adams is a murdering bastard

I hope they cavity searched him.

[BooScout]

6. I doubt most people in the US.....

...even know who he is. Odd that Bush entertains terrorists isn't it?

[GCP]

7. My thoughts exactly

He was some kind of hero to many Americans when he was fighting the British in Northern Ireland, but now we've experienced terrorism on our own soil, some of the luster's gone.
He's an asshole, pure and simple.

[daveskilt]

14. Some of us remember enniskillen

[magellan]

3. Well well, we finally caught a terrorist. (nt)

[rpannier]

5. I guess this is their new "strategery"

invite them to white house functions, then arrest them.

[Demeter]

8. Birds of a Feather Flock Together

I'd turn down any invitations from this White House just on principle, never mind my personal security.

[Lefty48197]

9. Gerry Adams should be sent to Guantanamo

If anybody should be locked up in a cage, it's that motherfucker.

[OKNancy]

10. kick

[rodeodance]

11. Sinn Fein’s Adams delayed in U.S. air screening (name of terror list)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11888980/
Sinn Fein’s Adams delayed in U.S. air screening

Congressman says Adams' name appeared on a terror watch list


Updated: 3:06 a.m. ET March 18, 2006
WASHINGTON - Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was delayed at a Washington-area airport on Friday for a secondary security screening, a Homeland Security Department official said.

Adams had been scheduled to fly from Washington’s Reagan National Airport to Buffalo, New York, for St. Patrick’s Day appearances with Democratic Rep. Brian Higgins of New York but was unable to make the trip because of the airport delay, said Teresa Kennedy, a spokeswoman for the congressman.

Earlier on Friday, Adams, along with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and other Irish leaders, attended a meeting at the White House with President Bush.
In a statement, Higgins said Adams’ name indeed appeared on a terror watch list.

“This is a man who has dedicated the past 25 years of his life to promoting peace and the unification of the 32 counties of Ireland into one united republic,” Higgins said. “That his name would appear in this untoward manner and that appearance, in the end, ruined his ability to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Buffalo is sad and unfortunate when one considers Gerry Adams’ leadership in the decommissioning of the IRA’s weapons and his commitment to the Good Friday agreements.”..

[Peggy Day]

12. they need to know who put it on the list nt

[MisterP]

13. wanna bet Paisley gets let over to reunite with his BJU buds?

[CONN]

15. Impressive. He get's into DC but can't get out...

Interesting that he get's in, but when trying to fly out he gets harassed. Hmmm is are security that bad (ie, inconsistent) or is the Admin just screwing him.

More: http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=176396924&p=y7639763x

Gerry Adams detained in US 'terror watch'

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was detained at a Washington airport yesterday after attending a meeting of Irish leaders with US President George Bush, causing him to miss a scheduled St. Patrick’s Day appearance in Buffalo, a congressman said.

Adams’ name, and that of a travelling companion, appeared on a terror watch list at Reagan National Airport, triggering a lengthy inspection, said Congressman Brian Higgins, a New York Democrat who had invited Adams to speak at the Buffalo Irish Centre.

“When I spoke with his assistant a little while ago, their luggage was still being, let’s just say, inspected,” Higgins told a crowd of several hundred people awaiting Adams’ 7.15pm address.

Adams himself “was detained physically for over an hour,” Higgins said. He had had been booked on a 5.30pm flight from Washington to Buffalo.

“Gerry Adams should not have been on a terror watch list,” said Higgins, who quickly placed calls to State Department and other officials seeking an explanation.

Neither the White House nor the State Department immediately confirmed Adams’ detainment.

Earlier yesterday, Adams joined Bush and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern at a White House St. Patrick’s Day ceremony also attended by Mark Durkan, whose Social Democratic and Labour Party represents moderate Catholic opinion in Northern Island.

Bush last year barred all Northern Ireland leaders from the event.

“Gerry Adams has done more than anyone else in northern Ireland to promote the peace process there,” Higgins said.

It was unclear if Adams would make it to Buffalo for several events Saturday.

[Rex]

16. Welcome to the New America Mr. Adams.

IMO, the man was stupid for coming to America. Doesn't he know what kind of soft-porn dictatorship we live in now? Not very smart.