Separation without confrontation

I read today with some horror about the case of an un-named UK Border Agency Immigration Officer who, without anyone noticing, managed to add his wifes name to the UK no-fly list. You can read the full article here: http://bit.ly/elGEVV

The un-named official wanted to achieve separation from his wife so to avoid the confrontation, he added his wife's name to the list of potential terrorists and other problem people the Border Agency stop from boarding any UK bound flights. While this may seem a novel way of achieving his aim, it throws up an alarming fact - his addition of his wife's name to the list only came to light when, applying for a promotion he was subjected to a new security check, and it was found that he was married to someone on the no-fly list. There seems to be no oversight/audit proceedure for any amendments made to this list.

What really scares me is this - if you can add to the list, surely you can delete names too. There needs to be an urgent review of UK Border Agency procedures.