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Article: Longer no-fly list sparks concerns for civil liberties ACLU says security measure puts innocent people in 'no-fly jail'
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 11, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Sept. 11 Commission wants the government to
expand the no-fly list airlines check to keep suspected terrorists
off planes, consolidating as many as 12 secret lists maintained by
different intelligence agencies.
That worries the American Civil Liberties Union, which has already
sued the government, saying the airlines' effort to keep terror
suspects and other dangerous people off planes ensnares innocent
passengers and subjects them to unnecessary searches and delays.
Also, the government provides no way for those wrongly named to get
themselves removed.
"Right now, if you're on the list, you're in a no-fly jail. There
is now no way out of this," said Barry Steinhardt, ...