(Like everybody named Bob Johnson)-Are You A Terror Suspects on the TSA No-Fly List?

Question

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/05/60minutes/main2066624.shtml

CBS got a hold of the $145 million, 44,000 -name no-fly list compiled by the TSA.

The Transportation Security Administration's secret no-fly list used by intelligence and law-enforcement agencies includes some very unlikely terror suspects -14 of the 19 dead 9/11 hijackers, and every single person named "Robert Johnson."

Tens of thousands of innocent people have been confused with terrorists. Many passengers have been detained by authorities. Peace activists and other Bush administration critics have also been grounded.

Once a name finds its way into the database, there's no way to get it out. The net result is a no-fly list that may be useless. Many of the worst terrorists are kept off for security reasons, while innocent people are unable to clear their names.

Has the TSA's no-fly list has become a bureaucratic, terrorist and civil liberties threat in itself? Please read the CBS story link above.

Answer 1

More mismanagement -- it's what happens when incompetent, inexperienced cronies run the agencies. Also don't forget the neo con agenda to "starve the beast" of government with funding cuts and MISmanagement to prove their theories that private enterprise does everything better than government.

Answer 2

I HAVE TO AGREE THAT SUCKS, BUT IT IS A FUNCTION OF STUPID PEOPLE BEING THREATENED WITH THEIR JOB, & THEY REACT IN A VERY PREDICTABLE WAY.