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“It turns out that the FBI failed to register the fact that the Boston bomber flew to Russia in 2011. Someone misspelled his name when he got on the plane.  You mean that the nation’s suspected-terrorist monitoring system is dependent on correctly spelled names? Yes.  You mean that billions of dollars in sophisticated equipment can be tripped up by people with peculiar last names? So it seems.  You mean that the TSA’s screening system, with X-ray machines, latex gloves, and long lines doesn’t work for bombers with odd last names. Sadly, yes.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/04/23/fbi-failed-to-track-boston-terrorists-flight-to-russia-misspelled-name/