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Hubby Released

Hubby Released

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Ok, I’ve been on pins and needles all night (and freaking out a bit), but my hubby finally has been released from detention at the Atlanta airport.

It turns out that the only thing he shared with the person they were looking for is his very common name.

The guy didn’t have the same birthday. He wasn’t even an American.

Sigh.

So now, I’ve talked him into taking the expensive cab ride home.

No way is he riding the MARTA subway train at night, not as tired as he is. The last time, he had to deal with one guy who showed him a big ugly knife and said he was hungry. He just needs to get home. He’s been traveling for 24 hours.

Here’s the fun part. He can look forward to detention anytime he travels now.

I’d really like to know what this other guy was wanted for.

I got a suggestion from a relative in law enforcement and government that we could talk to an FBI agent and perhaps get some form of bone fide so that he doesn’t have to go through this every time he travels now.

He hasn’t eaten or slept. I’m going to make a meal right now…

Hubby Detained at Airport

Hubby Detained at Airport

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He’s been detained. Detained at the airport.

It seems that they are looking for someone with the same name.

A common name. A very common name. The kind of name that makes it difficult for people to find him on the internet because of the sheer overabundance of information about people with the same name.

It’s one a.m. his time. He’s tired and has a raging headache.

We talked briefly, and he just has to wait there until they can somehow confirm with the federal government that he isn’t the person they are seeking.

On a Sunday night. On Veteran’s Day.

They have all his id. His Georgia license even has his fingerprint encrypted onto it. How long can it take? How much information do they have on the guy they seek?

Poor, poor hubby.

I wonder how long this will take.

I wonder how incompetent they really are.

Could this turn into a nightmare?

I know he’s not the person they are looking for, and yet I so distrust the government anymore that I’m actually getting pretty stressed out.

He’s probably too tired and annoyed to be thinking much about the various scenarios that have begun to invade my thought process. I mean, what rights do we have anymore?

Really, what can I do?

So he’s detained, and I wait.