Originally Posted by bdschobel
That's not quite right. The daughter, a 21-year-old college student, eventually got a letter from the TSA's general counsel stating that she is not the person whose name is -- and remains -- on the list. She got that letter after being prevented from flying at least once, being hassled more than once and hiring a lawyer who sought to file suit against the TSA. She also was forced to sign a statement saying that she is not politically active, among other things! If that doesn't shock Americans, I don't know what will!!!
Bruce as usual I can only agree.
Names do not get removed from the list since the process of removing names from NCIS-feeder and fed databases is far from a "process"; it's more like brute force to break the bureaucratic "process". The best that happens in such cases of getting "flagged" is that a person whose name appears on the list is given a contact at the FBI who can be called or queried to confirm that there is a confusion and said traveller is not the person on the no-fly list. Other than that, there is only so much you can do (like legally rename yourself with a more unique name).