Terrorist’ baby summoned to embassy

A THREE-month old baby was summoned to the US embassy in London after his grandfather made an embarrassing gaffe on a visa waiver form.

Paul Kenyon was taking his grandson, Harvey Kenyon-Cairns, on his first overseas holiday to Florida when he accidentally identified his new grandson as a terrorist, The Guardian reported.


On the part of the ESTA form which reads: “Do you seek to engage in or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities, espionage, sabotage, or genocide?” Mr Kenyon ticked yes instead of no.

The baby was then ordered from his home in Cheshire to the embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, to be questioned by officials. The round trip took 10 hours, longer than the flight from Manchester to Orlando.


“I couldn’t believe that they couldn’t see it was a genuine mistake and that a three-month-old baby would be no harm to anyone,” the 62-year-old told The Guardian.
Mr Kenyon had a good sense of humour about the mix-up but said the embassy wasn’t impressed at all.

“Baby Harvey was good as gold for the interview and never cried once. I thought about taking him along in an orange jumpsuit, but thought better of it. They didn’t appear to have a sense of humour over it at all and couldn’t see the funny side,” he said.
“He’s obviously never engaged in genocide, or espionage, but he has sabotaged quite a few nappies in his time, though I didn’t tell them that at the US embassy.”