18.04.2014 - 18:34 [ Techdirt ]

US Has A ‚Secret Exception‘ To Reasonable Suspicion For Putting People On The No Fly List

Over the past few months, we covered the bizarre trial concerning Rahinah Ibrahim and her attempt to get off the no fly list. In January, there was an indication that the court had ordered her removed from the list, but without details. In February, a redacted version of the ruling revealed that the whole mess was because an FBI agent read the instructions wrong on a form and accidentally placed her on the no fly list, though we noted that some of the redactions were quite odd.

However, earlier this week, the court finally released the unredacted version, and we‘ll have a few things to say about the choice of redactions in a later post.