I understand the explanations you gave me regarding Senator Kennedy and Bill Graham. I gave you two other names and you did not answer. I am wondering why you did not prepare for this. It is too bad that John Williams is not here. From what we understood last time, he gave a good report of the problems he had getting his name off the lists. Apparently, he could not board the plane, because his name was on the list.
I gave you two other names: John Williams and Yusuf Islam, that being Cat Stevens' new name. That is a significant point, of course, because with a name like Yusuf Islam, you are dealing with racial or religious profiling. I will not argue Senator Kennedy's or Bill Graham's case further, because there was in fact a mistake in their cases. Nonetheless this is of concern to us.
John Williams was not a minister, but he was a member of the House of Commons. He has a fairly common name. I think there is a famous musician who is also called John Williams.
Are you claiming that all these cases that have been identified as mistakes on lists of undesirable air passengers are merely cases of matching names, that can easily be resolved by presenting identification papers showing date of birth and so on?