more on 60 Minutes gets its hands on the no-fly list
David Farber <[email protected]>
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Begin forwarded message: From: "Stanley, Jay" <[email protected]> Date: October 6, 2006 4:58:17 PM EDT To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IP] 60 Minutes gets its hands on the no-fly list Dave, In response to this story, we at the ACLU put out a "backgrounder" analysis today of the problems with these watch lists (the "no-fly" list and the separate "selectee" list of people targeted for extra scrutiny). We've also renewed our call for the watch lists to be, at a minimum, overhauled. The analysis & a release are at: http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/27016prs20061006.html Best, - Jay ~~~~~~~~~~~ Jay Stanley Public Education Director, Technology and Liberty Project ACLU 202-715-0818 (office) 202-222-8398 (mobile) -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IP] 60 Minutes gets its hands on the no-fly list Begin forwarded message: From: Rich Kulawiec <[email protected]> Date: October 6, 2006 3:32:17 PM EDT To: David Farber <[email protected]> Subject: 60 Minutes gets its hands on the no-fly list Unlikely Terrorists On No-Fly List Steve Kroft reports lists includes President of Bolivia, dead 9/11 hijackers http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/05/60minutes/main2066624.shtml Excerpt: Gary Smith, John Williams and Robert Johnson are some of those names. Kroft talked to 12 people with the name Robert Johnson, all of whom are detained almost every time they fly. The detentions can include strip searches and long delays in their travels. "Well, Robert Johnson will never get off the list," says Donna Bucella, who oversaw the creation of the list and has headed up the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center since 2003. She regrets the trouble they experience, but chalks it up to the price of security in the post-9/11 world. "They're going to be inconvenienced every time ... because they do have the name of a person who's a known or suspected terrorist," says Bucella. ---Rsk ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- people/