Nelson Mandela is a terrorist (according U.S. terrorist list)

Nobel Peace Prize winner and international symbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is today on the U.S. terrorist list.  He needs special government permission to visit the USA. Condoleezza Rice calls the situation "embarrassing."

Democratic members of Congress vow to fix it.  Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., is pushing a bill that would remove current and former ANC leaders from the watch lists. Supporters hope to get it passed before Mandela's 90th birthday July 18.

The African National Congress (ANC) was banned as an anti-Apartheid organization. In the 1970s the ANC was designated a terrorist group by the country's ruling white minority. Other countries, including the United States, agreed.

"What an indignity," Berman said. "The ANC set an important example: It successfully made the change from armed struggle to peace. We should celebrate the transformation."