The U.S. government’s secret list of suspected terrorists who are prohibited from flying to or within the country has more than doubled in the past year.
The no-fly list went from about 10,000 names one year ago to about 21,000, according to government figures, about 500 of those are U.S. citizens. The huge increase in such a short time was a response to the failed Christmas 2009 bombing of a Detroit-bound jetliner, according to government officials.
Changes have been made to the standards for getting on the list. Now, a person doesn’t have to be considered a threat to aviation to be put on a no-fly list, but if the government says they are a threat in any way to domestic or international security.
“The news that the list is growing tells us that more people’s rights are being violated,” said Nusrat Choudhury, of the ACLU. “It’s a secret list, and the government puts people on it without any explanation. Citizens have been stranded abroad.”
The ACLU has previously represented plaintiffs who complain of not being able to fly, although they claim to be perfectly innocent. Back in 2004, the no-fly list was about the size it is now, with 20,000 names, but many people, including a sitting Senator at the time Ted Kennedy, were stopped before flying despite having no connection to terrorism.
if you see something, say something.
(because it's probably a terrorist)
It’s a random sh-t list….I want to know who the 500 Americans are; I would bet good money that they’re people who somehow pissed off the Bush presidency or the Reagan regime years before 9/11 and this is “payback.”
In all fairness, please don´t forget Obama, Mr. Mike, the list has doubled just this year.
We the American citizens also have our own list for the Government, and Govt’ Employees, Banks, Police Officers, and other terrorists that we will soon put in prison for whom are responsible for destroying and selling out America!
search Google or any other search engine for
“The Offical Watchlist of Corruption”
Goooooooooooood! Pretty soon, the entire population will be on it and nobody will be flying. Ha ha ha! Idiocy at is best.
And CO2 emmissions go down. Two birds with one stone.
Isn't this "no fly" list just like the infamous Star Chamber proceedings? Secret judgments by executive authorities about who the "enemies" are, complete with secret punishments when the victims are found?
Of course that was late medieval Britain and we live in Obamaworld, governed by a Nobel Peace Prize winning President.
Nah, couldn't be similar, no way. Not here, not now. Not in the Land of the Free…