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posted by
davidt
on Friday April 23 2004, @11:00AM
AstroSteve writes:
Saw this posted on The Register. Morrissey detained in LAX terror swoop By John Lettice Published Thursday 22nd April 2004 17:04 GMT Leading miserabilist and former Smiths front-man Neil Morrissey has fallen foul of the Homeland Security dragnet, according to BBC radio reports. It is not yet clear whether or the US officials involved had listened to Meat is Murder, or whether they thought they had a match on notorious Manchester terror mastermind Anwar al-Morrissey. Morrissey is now a resident of Los Angeles, and was reportedly detained for some time at LAX airport. The BBC quotes him as saying that there was some problem with his passport, and that he was briefly suspected of being a terrorist. But he'll have been used to that in his musical career. And now he'll have one of those letters from the Department of Homeland Security saying he's not - but we doubt that'lll cheer him up much. In related news, the European Parliament has narrowly voted, by 276 to 260, to reject the European Commission's deal on the transfer of airline passenger records to the US. The Parliament had already deemed the protection in the deal "inadequate". The Commission has constructed the agreement in such a way that it does not need Parliament's agreement for it to go ahead, but Parliament has asked member states not to implement the agreement in their own law until The European Court of Justice has ruled on the subject. ® --- Name is now fixed on the Register site. Looks like they just pulled the info from the NME interview that was just published.
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Neil? (Score:0)
And another mention in the SF Chronicle....... (Score:1)
Cult singer Morrissey experienced the strong hand of American immigration officials recently when a problem over his passport had him branded a potential terrorist.
The British star has lived in Los Angeles for several years, but on returning to California recently, the former Smiths frontman found himself being interrogated by police at LAX airport.
He says, "There was simply some confusion over my passport and the airport police came down extremely heavy on me.
"Apparently, they thought I was a threat to national security."
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pisses me off (Score:1)
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fark thread (Score:1, Informative)
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=925518
Lots of Morrissey fans over there.
customs behaving badly (Score:1)
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Journalists who lie! (Score:0)
Oh dear! This is someone who really could not be arsed to do their homework!
cult singer? (Score:0)
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eh? (Score:1)
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Stolen story (Score:1)
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Hmmm. (Score:1)
Cuba bound, baby!!!
DeB of the Crew
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Neil ? Rubbish Reporting (Score:0)
The Journalist was not Wrong. (Score:0)
The "Real" story!! (Score:2, Informative)
MORRISSEY BEHAVING BADLY
Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey was held by US customs officials for being rude and drunk at Los Angeles airport.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13071402,00.html
Wow, Nothing like writing a story and not checking any facts. But, then you might actually have to do some work.
The "So-Called" Journalist that wrote the story claiming MOZ was detained is named John Lettice, Who writes for "The Register"
Here is his e-mail address, So everyone can correct him on his false story.
[email protected]
Enjoy!!!
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The "Full" Story from Sky News (Score:2, Informative)
Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey was held by US customs officials for being rude and drunk at Los Angeles airport.
Morrissey was taken into custody after losing his temper with officials while queuing for immigration checks.
He later apologised for his behaviour and blamed it on the excessive amount of red wine he had consumed during his first class flight from London.
"I was a bit exuberant in the line and I did have something to declare - too much red wine," he said.
The Customs and Immigration Department in LA confirmed Morrissey was held for an hour.
A customs source told the Daily Mirror: "He was unhappy at having to queue for so long in the airport.
"He was shouting and making it clear he didn't want to be queuing. The decision was taken to detain him until he calmed down a bit."
Morrissey, 41, had flown to the US to visit girlfriend Emma Killick.
The couple met while Morrissey was filming in LA.
Morrissey last hit the headlines four years ago when he had an affair with Amanda Holden, who was then married to Les Dennis.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13071402,00.html
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