At 01:44 PM 6/24/04 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >Subject: [NCCP] Privacy Villain: No-fly stonewallers >Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:59:12 -0400 >From: J Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Privacy Hero of the Week: >No-fly stonewallers > >By James Plummer > >US District Court Judge Charles Breyer for Northern California ruled this >week that the FBI and the Transportation Security Agency have been >illegally stonewalling Freedom of Information Act requests by travelers
>demanding details on the so-called "no-fly" list which grounded them. ><http://www1.law.ucla.edu/~volokh/blog_data/gordon.pdf> > >The action was brought by two antiwar activists and journalists who were >detained at San Francisco International Airport because their names were on >the list. Rebecca Gordon and Janet Adams demanded information about the >list, including how many people are on it, and how travelers get added or >removed. > >Both agencies repeatedly claimed such information was classified and >"sensitive." Judge Breyer ruled such claims were "frivolous" and said the >government "has not come close" to meeting its legal obligations. Gordon, Adams, and Breyer are American Heroes. For the rest, I'll bring the rope.