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Re: Independent: Townshend U.S. travel ban "likely"



----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Cady"

> One consequence of being placed on the Sex Offenders
> Register is that Townshend is likely to be banned from
> travelling to the United States for the next five
> years.
....
> A spokeswoman at the American Embassy in London said
> that anyone with a criminal record would not be given
> a visa to travel to the United States, but they could
> apply for a waiver, which is decided on case by case.
> But a US source said that it was "highly unlikely"
> anyone on the Sex Offenders Register would be granted
> one, particularly one connected to child abuse.

Obvioulsy, this is horrible news, if true.  The only comforting thing I can
offer is that I've lived in London.  I've dealt with the American Embassy in
London.  Do not believe a thing that the American Embassy in London tells
you.

Jim M