abcnews.com Article

"The files, known collectively as the "No Fly Lists," have been called everything from a necessary inconvenience to Kafkaesque. The American Civil Liberties Union is going a step further. It's filed suit on behalf of two women peace activists who are routinely pulled over. They contend such secret lists can put a chill on free speech by intimidating people with controversial views"...

..."The benefits are minimal [from a security perspective], but the costs are very high in a free society," says Andrew Thomas, an aviation-security analyst in Cleveland and author of Aviation Insecurity. "It takes money and resources away from things we really ought to be doing."

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