Mrs. Shipley's Ghost: The Right to Travel and Terrorist Watchlists

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Mrs. Shipley’s Ghost Mrs. Shipley’s Ghost The Right to Travel and Terrorist Watchlists Jeffrey Kahn The University of Michigan Press ◆ Ann Arbor Copyright © 2013 by Jeffrey D. Kahn All rights reserved This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publisher. Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2016 2015 2014 2013 4 3 2 1 A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kahn, Jeffrey, 1971– Mrs. Shipley’s ghost : the right to travel and terrorist watchlists / Jeffrey Kahn. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-472-11858-8 (cloth) — ISBN 978-0-472-02883-2 (e-book) 1. Freedom of movement—United States. 2. Passports—United States. 3. Terrorism—Prevention—Law and legislation—United States. 4. Freedom of movement—United States—History—20th century. 5. Shipley, Ruth. 6. United States. Passport Office—History—20th century. I. Title. KF4785.K34 2013 342.7308'5—dc23 2012042606 ◆ For LaiYee, Sophia, and Nadia ◆ There is always an easy solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong. —H. L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy 443 (1949) ...