Judge rebukes government over no-fly list

[NeoConsSuck]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the government is stonewalling attempts by the American Civil Liberties Union to acquire information about the government's secret no-fly list, which bars potential terrorists from boarding commercial flights.

The FBI, the Transportation Security Administration and other agencies have cited security concerns in not disclosing to the ACLU how two of its clients got on the list.

The ACLU sued on behalf of two peace activists who were wrongly detained at San Francisco International Airport because their names popped up on a secret no-fly database.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer has reviewed in private all the data the government has called sensitive and ordered it to further explain why certain documents are being left off the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act request.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2004-06-16-no-fly_x.htm

[UpInArms]

1. obviously the judge didn't like the

AssKKKrack memo:

"They're my documents and they were prepared for the resident and therefore you don't get to have them.

Na na na na"

[indepat]

2. To those of the neocon mentality, a peace activist (the enemy) is really

the functional equivalent of a terrorist.

[mom cat]

3. Just like the old days... House Unamerican Activities Committee

Are you a member of any organization that is trying to change the government? Guilty, guilty, guilty!

[htuttle]

4. I know a guy on this list

He's not really political at all. He's just got the same first and last name as somebody else. Can't fly anywhere in the US as a result.

[FlaGranny]

5. That's how Florida voting works, too. n/t