The perils of having the same name as a terrorist

The World

 A 90-year-old professor named David Mayer is on a secret watchlist because his name has been used by someone else — a member of ISIS was calling himself David Mayer. Professor David Mayer tells host Marco Werman his story — and says he just wants to be able to use his own name again.

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