Eric Sherin was an infantry man on the
front lines in the first Gulf War even
as a signed photograph of himself with
the first President Bush he later became
a National Guard helicopter pilot and
after his discharge got a job as a pilot
with a small commuter airline then last
April his employer told him he was on a
watch list he was banned from the
cockpit and was told he would lose his
job September 1st unless he clears his
name my entire career depends on me
getting off this list I probably won't
be able to get a a job anywhere else in
the world having this Mark that I'm on
this list this undetermined
list Sherin is a convert to Islam his
wife rabina Tarin an American citizen
was born in Pakistan she sells Islamic
books and DVDs it's mainstream it's a
very moderate uh kind of uh perspective
on Islam they have both been delayed at
airports and borders told by security
Personnel they are on a list are you
guys terrorists no no do you associate
with people who are terrorists no do you
give money to any organization which
might have terrorist links not at all
why do you believe you may be on a list
at this time we do not know that's the
problem
maybe uh because I'm a Muslim and
because because of my ethnicity they
have tried to find out in May they wrote
to the Department of Homeland Security
in June to the the Transportation
Security Administration traveler redress
program this week after publicizing
their plate by filing a lawsuit they
finally got a number to track their case
the TSA has set up a complaint system
where you basically put your complaint
and it goes into a black hole uh and you
get no response you get nowhere and
bottom line is it's just it is not the
kind of effective process that the
constitution demands when the government
is going to take away your life liberty
or property the justice department will
not even say if Sherin and tne are
indeed on a watch list but the TSA says
it is trying to resolve their complaint
and a judge looking at the case asked
that sherin's termination date be moved
back to October 1st Thursday it was
giving everyone a little more Breathing
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