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Green, et al v. TSA

Grounding the No-Fly List

August 12, 2005
The ACLU has made some progress in bringing accountability to the so-called No-Fly list. In April 2004 in Seattle, the ACLU mounted the first nationwide, class-action lawsuit challenging the No-Fly list. In response to a separate lawsuit, the Justice Department released 300 pages of documents that revealed confusion, inter-agency squabbling, and subjective criteria in placing thousands of names on the list. Read More »
 

Federal Court Hears Arguments in ACLU's Challenge to No-Fly List

November 4, 2004
At a hearing here today, the American Civil Liberties Union presented arguments to advance the first nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the government’s controversial No-Fly lists, which are distributed to all airlines with instructions to detain or interrogate passengers whose names match thousands of names listed. Read More »
 

Green, et al v. TSA (No-Fly List)

The national ACLU and the ACLU of Washington filed a suit challenging the lack of a process to remove oneself from the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) “No-Fly List.” The suit asked TSA to develop satisfactory procedures that will allow innocent people to fly without being treated as potential terrorists and subjected to humiliation and delays. Read More »
 

ACLU Files First Nationwide Challenge to the No-Fly List

April 6, 2004
A member of the military, a retired Presbyterian minister, and a college student are among seven U.S. citizens who have joined the first nationwide, class-action challenge to the government’s “No-Fly” list filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union. Read More »