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You know, I can understand why the Terrorist Watch List is secret ― but not why the No Fly list is. If there is a list that governmental agencies and/or commerc
by Joker_vD 5y ago
You know, I can understand why the Terrorist Watch List is secret ― but not why the No Fly list is. If there is a list that governmental agencies and/or commercial companies are obliged to check you're not on before providing you with their service, then surely such list must be public or at the very least, one should be able to easily inquire about whether he/she is on it or not.
For a related example, Russian government maintains a list of banned Internet resources. The list is not public — at least in theory — but there is an official web site where you can input an URL or a domain name and it would response either with "no, it's not on the list", or with "yes, it's on the list, here's who ordered it and when".
- datavirtue 5y agoIt's not a secret, just need-to-know basis.
- outworlder 5y agopotato potato
- londons_explore 5y agoSurely the easy way to check if a name is on the list is to book a flight in that name. If the booking gets rejected, it's on the list. Repeat for every name you want to check, and make use of the airlines free cancellation policy so you don't actually have to spend money.
- ch4s3 5y agoSometimes they just turn people away at security without an explanation.
- TheFreim 5y agoYeah this happened to some political activist recently.
- ch4s3 5y agoHappened to a classmate of mine in college who had the same name as some hokani commander’s wife. Luckily her brother worked at the state department and knew some Clintons.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoI knew a Mexican citizen with a green card who was always having trouble reentering the US and never knew why. I looked at the most wanted list and saw there was a fugitive with the same first and middle name, albeit no resemblance and different family name. Didn't matter. He would have to be interviewed for 30 minutes to verify identity.
- janmo 5y agohttps://www.no-fly-list.com/ https://www.no-fly-list.com/ Not sure if it is a fake or real.
- infiniteScroll 5y agoDefinitely real. I clicked it and saw a real website. It was not my imagination.