Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
Yes, it is.
But as long as someone (TSA? DHS? Congress?) insists that passenger names be checked against the No Fly List and/or the Selectee List, and boarding passes are used as evidence of that check having been performed, then a person fraudulently boarding a flight has not been checked against the No Fly List ... thereby making it a security issue.
Although Congress may have mandated it an unarmed person, who is on the NFL, boarding a plane is not a security threat either. Of interest to intelligence gatherers perhaps but I certainly hope they aren't relying on the TSA for their data.