Reporter's Watch List Woes

I love the Transportation Security Administration. Really, they do a great job.

I just wanted to get that out of the way before noting the following: CNN correspondent Drew Griffin says that ever since he began a series of investigative reports in May that turned out to be critical of TSA's effort to maintain a terrorist watch list, he's been hassled every time he's tried to fly.

"Eleven flights now since May 19," Griffin said. (Video is here, courtesy of The Raw Story.) "On different airlines, my name pops up forcing me to go to the counter, show my identification, sometimes the agent has to make a call before I get my ticket."

TSA says it's all the airlines' fault, and that the agency absolutely doesn't target reporters who say critical things about aviation security. Whew.

(Hat tip: BoingBoing)