Why no-fly?

• Author: Shackford, Scott
• Position: Due process.(Citings - No-fly list - Brief article

AMERICANS WHO have been parked on the federal government's no-fly list and don't know why may soon have more options for fighting the designation. In August, U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown of Portland ruled that Americans have a right to fly, and that the federal government thus must give due process to those it seeks to deprive of that right.

The ruling comes in response to an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit representing 13 people on the list. They say they don't know why they're barred from flying, and the government will not tell them.

Currently, those who end up on the government's no-fly list have the option of filling out an online form to be...