] A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine when
] it was discovered that passenger Yusuf Islam --
] formerly known as singer Cat Stevens -- was on a
] government watch list and barred from entering the
] country.
]
] United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles
] International Airport when the match was made Tuesday
] between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said
] Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation
] Security Administration.
]
] The plane was met by federal agents at Maine's Bangor
] International Airport around 3 p.m., Melendez said.
]
] Homeland Security Department spokesman Dennis Murphy
] identified the passenger as Islam. "He was interviewed
] and denied admission to the United States on national
] security grounds," Murphy said.

That rumble you hear is the crumbling resolve of Al-Qaeda.

Bush 1 Terrorists 0: Cat Stevens Banned From America