Thursday, February 2, 2012
Classified log of individuals banned from flying into or within America as they are considered a threat stands at 21,000
UK Guardian
The size of the US government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the country has more than doubled in the past year.
The no-fly list jumped from about 10,000 known or suspected terrorists one year ago to about 21,000, according to government figures. About 500 are US nationals...[Full Article]
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Terrorist Watch List Violates Constitutional Rights When Those Barred From Flying Are Not Told Why, Says ACLU
A former Air Force officer will be one of 10 plaintiffs included in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union today against the U.S. government challenging the country's no-fly list.
Steve Washburn, 55, an American citizen, learned he was placed on the no-fly list when he and his wife attempted to fly home to New Mexico from Dublin, Ireland.
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"When we went to board the plane they told me 'I'm sorry, we can't let you get on the plane. You're on the U.S. no-fly terrorist watch list,'" said Washburn. Now Washburn – who made it home after a carefully scripted 72 hour journey through Germany, Brazil, Peru and Mexico to avoid U.S. airspace - and others are a part of the ACLU lawsuit that charges the government of violating their constitutional rights...
Labels: no-fly, terror watchlist
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The FBI asked officials at the Homeland Security Department to limit the number of airlines which were given special emergency warning that the name of Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad had been added to the U.S. government's "no fly" list in the early afternoon on May 3, 2010, Declassified has learned. The FBI asked Homeland officials to limit special notifications about Shahzad's fresh no-fly listing because it feared that telling too many airlines about it might lead to news leaks, which the bureau feared were already interfering with its investigation and threatening to spook the suspect, said two Obama administration officials familiar with the issue, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information. An FBI spokesman declined to discuss the matter...
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Labels: Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security, no-fly, Shahzad
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
FOXNews.com
The Transportation Security Administration has implemented a new rule requiring airlines to check the no-fly list within two hours after being notified of a special update, after the suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt made it through security at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport Monday night.
Faisal Shahzad had boarded a plane bound for Dubai when Customs and Border Protection officials found him and authorities brought him into custody...
Labels: no-fly, Transportation Security Administration, TSA
(Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday ordered airlines to step up their efforts to prevent people on the "no-fly" list from boarding flights after the suspected Times Square bomber got on an Emirates plane.
Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American accused in the failed car bombing in New York, boarded a flight to Dubai late on Monday after buying a ticket despite having been added to the no-fly list earlier in the day.
Airlines must re-check the list every 24 hours for matches, but under the new requirement they will have to check their passenger manifests within two hours of receiving notice of a special circumstance about an individual, an administration official said...
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WASHINGTON — Homeland security officials on Wednesday ordered airlines to speed up checks of names added to the no-fly list, a requirement that might have prevented Faisal Shahzad, the accused Times Square bomber, from boarding a flight to Dubai on Monday night.
Airlines have been required to check the no-fly list for updates only every 24 hours. But the new rule, sent to airlines on Wednesday to take effect immediately, requires that they check within two hours of receiving notification that a high-priority name has been added to the list...
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Airlines must recheck passenger lists within two hours of being notified of a ‘special circumstances’ name on the no-fly list. The rule comes after the arrest of Faisal Shahzad at a New York airport.
New York
It’s now going to be harder for terror suspects to get on an airplane. At least in theory.
Airlines will be required, the Obama administration announced Wednesday, to manually recheck their passenger lists within two hours of being notified of a “special circumstances expedited No Fly name.”
An example of such an individual: Faisal Shahzad, who is now under arrest and is accused of trying to blow up a sport utility vehicle in Times Square on Saturday evening.
Mr. Shahzad was placed on the no-fly list on noon Monday, but he still managed to board an Emirates flight to Dubai on Monday night. He was arrested before the flight took off.
Up until Wednesday, airlines had a 24-hour window before a flight to check to see if travelers had been placed on the no-fly list...
Labels: no-fly
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