Al Qaeda Has All the Best Bluesmen

Via Kevin Drum, a story about who’s on the no-fly list:

Gary Smith, John Williams and Robert Johnson are some of those names. Kroft talked to 12 people with the name Robert Johnson, all of whom are detained almost every time they fly. The detentions can include strip searches and long delays in their travels.

“Well, Robert Johnson will never get off the list,” says Donna Bucella, who oversaw the creation of the list and has headed up the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center since 2003.

“Anyway, that’s what he gets for selling his soul to the devil for the ability to play guitar.”