Nelson Mandela on US terrorist watch list

You'd think someone would have figured this out before:

Nobel Peace Prize winner and internationalsymbol of freedom Nelson Mandela is flagged on U.S. terrorist watchlists and needs special permission to visit the USA. Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice calls the situation "embarrassing," and some membersof Congress vow to fix it.

The requirement applies to former South Africanleader Mandela and other members of South Africa's governing AfricanNational Congress (ANC), the once-banned anti-Apartheid organization.In the 1970s and '80s, the ANC was officially designated a terroristgroup by the country's ruling white minority. Other countries,including the United States, followed suit.

Because of this, Rice told a Senate committeerecently, her department has to issue waivers for ANC members to travelto the USA.

It looks like both Condoleezza Rice and Democratic members in Congress will change his status.  The real question is why, following a situation like that, would Mandela even want to come here?