Originally Posted by 2lazytothinkofname
I realize everyone here belives the governmnet is incapable of walking and chewing gum but I think the database contains more than first initial, last name. DOB, sex at the minimum come to mind.
Sometimes it contains that information. Other times it doesn't, which is why we get infants and toddlers on the no-fly list, too.
If the no-fly list were indeed in the millions, we'd have empty planes as nobody would ever get on. The fact that there have been so few examples of no-fly list errors proves that your millions scenario just doesn't exist.
No, it doesn't prove that because most of these people are able to travel, just after they are held up for a few minutes to a few hours. But they shouldn't be harassed in the first place.