Somehow,somewhere,security officials did not pick up on the information at their disposal that allowed an individual on a security watch list onto a plane bound for the U.S.
VOA: standard.2009.12.28
Security Watch's Larry Seltzer cautions in a statement to PC Mag, the impact of this breach -- just email addresses -- is probably somewhat exaggerated.
Action was taken against the musician, who converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam in the 1970s, after US officials realised he was on a security"watch list".
Smaller outfits are likely to disappear altogether, says Richard Evans, managing director of The WatchSecurity, which was acquired recently by a bigger fish.