[ClearCase_guy]

part of the tactics used by al-Harrani's family in a bid to secure a permit for him

So the startegy is: "Maybe they will give me medical attention if they think I'm dead"?

[WayneS]

Yes. Exactly.

It makes perfect sense.

In bizarro world...

[caseinpoint]

I’m wondering if, if he’s reported dead, he is then dropped from a security checkpoint list but can forge ahead with other steps in the process. In our own government, it is clear that the left hand often doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.