Change Your Name and Avoid the TSA Watchlist
Shhhh. Don’t tell the terrorists:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wrote a letter to Labbé in 2004, saying he had been placed on their watch list after falling victim to identity theft. At the time, the department said there was no way for his name to be removed.
Although Labbé wrote letters to the U.S. department, his efforts were in vain, prompting him to legally change his name.
“So now, my official name is François Mario Labbé,” he said.
“Then you have to change everything: driver’s license, social insurance, medicare, credit card—everything.”
Although it’s not a big change from Mario Labbé, he said it’s been enough to foil the U.S. customs computers.
Henning Makholm • September 15, 2008 1:43 PM
The plain English meaning of “theft” is that the victim no longer possesses what was stolen, but the thief does.
I’ve been wondering how “identity theft” fit with that. Now we know!