No-Fly List Includes the Dead

No-Fly List Includes the Dead


You may be dying, figuratively, to get off the government’s no-fly list, but death won’t guarantee removal.

The government’s no-fly list includes the names of dead suspects to help catch people who may try to assume the suspect’s identity, according to government officials who spoke with The Associated Press.

The no-fly list has been shrouded in mystery since it was first developed after the 9/11 attacks. How people get on the list or get off it has been a closely guarded secret, with only bits of information made public during congressional hearings.

The AP has pieced together the broad steps it takes for someone to get on the list, and some of the changes the list has undergone since it was created nine years ago.

The no-fly list has grown from 3,400 people to about 6,000 since last December, but it did not contain the name of airline passenger Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, the AP said. The Nigerian tried to bomb a Detroit-bound Northwest airlines flight on Christmas Day using explosives packed in his underwear.

Abdulmuttalab’s name appeared in a terrorism database after his father tipped off U.S. embassy officials in Nigeria that his son might be involved in extremist activity. The government determined that the information did not meet the standard for placing him on the list or for revoking his U.S. visa.

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I question the motives of dead people. Why would they want to fly? I mean, I'm all for equal rights and stuff, but we should draw a line somewhere. The line between life and death seems fair to me.

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somebody always beats me to the punch! :D

After hearing about how he used to lock himself in the airplane bathroom for hours, it wouldn't surprise me. :hippie:

(Reuters) - Cyprus said Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave Monday three months after it disappeared from its tomb.

Oddly Enough

The remains, stolen last December, were found in another person's grave after police received a tip-off and DNA tests identified it as that of the former leader.

"Police had realized early on that the theft of the body was for ransom," Justice Minister Loucas Louca said. "There was no political motive."

A spokesman for the Papadopoulos family denied a ransom request was made, but the minister insisted the motive was financial, although he said no money was paid.


Maybe there's a reason for this rule after all...

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