This was bound to happen at some point. For that matter I'm betting it's happened to others but hasn't been caught yet.

Immigration Officer Sacked for Putting Wife He Didn't Like on Terror Watch List

An immigration officer put his own wife on a terrorist watch list – ­so she could not get home from a trip to Pakistan.

Even though the article gets all angsty about her waiting 3 years, I'm pretty sure she figured out he was jerking her chain after the first couple of days.

So how did he get caught?

The officer was caught out when bosses vetted him after he went for a promotion that required him to have a higher level of security clearance. They realised his wife was on the watch list and asked him for an explanation. ­He had no choice but to confess what he had done – and was fired.

Yes, a real bright boy. Just the kind you want in charge of your country's security. So you have to wonder, is our own Homeland Security any better? Who does watch the watchers?

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