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TGIS: Thank God It's Schadenfreude! (306)

This week's joy in the misfortune of others comes courtesy of The Daily Mail (from Sunday, January 30; link good at time of posting):

An immigration officer tried to rid himself of his wife by adding her name to a list of terrorist suspects.

He used his access to security databases to include his wife on a watch list of people banned from boarding flights into Britain because their presence in the country is 'not conducive to the public good'.

As a result the woman was unable for three years to return from Pakistan after travelling to the county to visit family.

The tampering went undetected until the immigration officer was selected for promotion and his wife name was found on the suspects' list during a vetting inquiry.

The Home Office confirmed today that the officer has been sacked for gross misconduct

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Full post as published by Infamy or Praise on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).