Saturday, March 29, 2014

After seven years, exactly one person gets off the gov’t no-fly list

After seven years, exactly one person gets off the gov’t no-fly list | Ars Technica:
"A hearing in federal court Tuesday has apparently marked the conclusion of a drawn-out, costly, and, to use the judge’s own term, “Kafkaesque” legal battle over the government no-fly list.
Malaysian college professor Rahinah Ibrahim sued the government back in 2006, after Dr. Ibrahim’s name mistakenly ended up on a federal government no-fly list.
Last month, US District Judge William Alsup ruled that Ibrahim must be removed from the government's various watchlists.
At Tuesday's hearing, a Department of Justice lawyer said that the government did not intend to appeal the ruling. "

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