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On the US side, you get "turned away" (or at least taken for additional questions) at security screening. It happened to Ted Kennedy years ago (apparently, som
by alistairSH 4y ago
On the US side, you get "turned away" (or at least taken for additional questions) at security screening. It happened to Ted Kennedy years ago (apparently, some criminal/terrorist once used "T Kennedy" as an alias, so Sen Kennedy, along with ~7000 other Americans, would have been flagged).
On the international side, I assume you get stopped somewhere between check-in and boarding (but not sure if it's up to local security or the airline agents). If not that, you'd be stopped at immigration once on US soil.
- samstave 4y agoIf you are on a no-fly, one should be notified that at the time they attempt to purchase a ticket, and before payment is taken for said ticket. No exceptions.
- ianhawes 4y agoYou can obtain a Redress Control Number[0] from the DHS which acts as an identifier if your name matches that of someone on the no fly list. Most airline reservation systems support this as it has been around for ~10 years. [0] https://www.dhs.gov/redress-control-numbers https://www.dhs.gov/redress-control-numbers
- soulofmischief 4y agoThis would allow enumeration of the no fly list, or at least still benefit criminals who can pre-check before taking a risk.
- barbazoo 4y agoSurely they must do something more sophisticated than just simple string comparison of the name /s
- shadowgovt 4y agoYes; the interrogation is that something. The simple string comparison starts the process.
- barbazoo 4y agoWhat an annoying inconvenience I imagine, having to interact with that security theatre, possibly multiple times...
- idontpost 4y ago[dead]
- bradly 4y agoYou can get a readdress number to use when booking if you are a false positive.
- barbazoo 4y agoThank you, I didn't know that.
- robocat 4y agoWhat a fucked system. A passport number is surely the right thing to use. Linked to a document that is hard to forge and if a terrorist can forge a passport, well, they will use a name not on the list eh?
- brewdad 4y agoDomestic travel doesn't require a passport. Hence the redress number.
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