More "no-fly" madness

Via CalPundit: More evidence that the Department of Homeland Security's "no-fly" list targets Greens and Democrats:

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard this morning from one of its own about some of the problems with airline "no fly" watch lists. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., says he had a close encounter with the lists when trying to take the U.S. Airways shuttle out of Washington to Boston. The ticket agent wouldn't let him on the plane. His name was on the list in error.

After a flurry of phone calls, Kennedy was able to fly home, but then the same thing happened coming back to Washington.

Kennedy says it took three calls to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to get his name stricken from the list. The process took several weeks, in all.

Unfortunately, it's a bit of a problem if you're not a Senator and don't have that sort of access to those in power.

It will be very interesting to find out how his name got on the list - but I expect the answer will be classified.