
Judge rebuffs feds' secret arguments on no-fly list:
A federal judge in California has rejected the Obama administration's effort to use secret arguments and evidence to defeat a lawsuit relating to the so-called no-fly list designed to keep suspected terrorists off of airline flights. Ref. Source 1
Number of names on U.S. Counter-terrorism database has jumped to 875,000:
The "Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment" is a master database which agencies use to build other catalogs of possible terrorists, like the "No-fly" list which prevents people who feature on it from boarding airplanes. Ref. Source 7
Muslims challenging 'no fly' list win partial court victory:
Thirteen Muslim Americans challenging the U.S. Government's secretive "No-fly" List won a partial victory in federal court when a judge found they "have a constitutionally protected liberty interest" In traveling internationally by air. Ref. Source 6
FBI 'intentionally and unlawfully' used No Fly List to recruit Muslims as informers:
The FBI used a no-fly list to recruit four US Muslims as informants, violating their constitutional rights to freedom of speech, association and religion. That's the claim being made by four US Muslims in a New York federal court Tuesday. Ref. Source 7
Federal judge rules no-fly list process is unconstitutional:
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the US government's no-fly list banning people accused of links to terrorism from commercial flights violates their constitutional rights because it gives them no meaningful way to contest that decision. Ref. Source 4