This story is being discussed based on some misinterpretations. It does not sound like whether she was on a no fly list was relevant to the case per se. She w

This story is being discussed based on some misinterpretations. It does not sound like whether she was on a no fly list was relevant to the case per se. She was allowed to fly after the first time she was stopped at the airport. What happened later was that she was denied entry back into the US, a non-citizen. While what happened is certainly wrong in this case, there is oodles of precent for it. Routinely, foreigners are denied entry into the US if e.g. the agent believes there's a high likelihood you plan to overstay your visa and live here illegally. Non-citizens have no right to enter the US, period. It sounds like this was more "take me off your terrorist list so I can get back into the country" than "take me off the no-fly list".