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[kendrix]

How does somebody find out if they are on the list?

[Jukka]

Hey there girl, how are you doing? I found a fair bit of information on this at Wikipedia of all places.     ^ a b c ""TSA Watch Lists, December 2002"(PDF), a PowerPoint presentation by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Security Intelligence Service. Entered into public record as Attachment A, Part 1, during Gordon v. FBI, 2003.". Retrieved on 2007-12-27.     http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070619/cdn_no_fly_list_070619/   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/18/BA2212DEQU.DTL   According to Wikipedia, the 'Terrorist Watch List' is a secret list created and maintained by the United States government.  There is also a feature in this called, `The Secondary Security Screening Selection.` Apparently your boarding pass will somehow alert security to check you out again.  If you`ve been noted for this secondary security inspection, the letter `S`will appear something like this SSSS or *S*, all in capitals on your boarding pass. Apparently on this secondary screening passengers will go through a more intensive screening process which may include `puffer explosive detectors`.  As well, their carry on baggage can be inspected by hand.  In the case of film or other items that cannot be s-rayed, the agent may perform a test for possible explosive materials.  The screener may also use a hand-held metal detector to search the passenger for metal objects. Here is a little bit of information that I find rather amazing:   On September 11, 2001, the FBI had a list of 16 people deemed "no transport" because they "presented a specific known or suspected threat to aviation."[3] The list had grown to more than 400 names by November 2001, when responsibility for keeping it was transferred to the Federal Aviation Administration.[3] In mid-December 2001, two lists were created: the "No Fly List" of 594 people to be denied air transport, and the "Selectee" list of 365 people who were to be more carefully searched at airports.[3] By December 2002, the No Fly List held more than 1,000 names.[citation needed]60 Minutes reported on 8 October 2006 that the news program had obtained a March 2006 copy of the list that contained 44,000 names.[4] TSA officials said that, as of November 2005, 30,000 people in 2005 had complained that their names were matched to a name on the list via the name matching software used by airlines.[5] In April 2007, the United States government "terrorist watch list" administered by the Terrorist Screening Center, which is managed principally by the FBI, contained 700,000 records.[6] A year later, the ACLU revealed that the list was estimated to have grown to over 1,000,000 names and continues to expand.[1] The government and the airlines refuse to make the list public.  If your name is the same, or similar to one on the list, you will be detained and questioned.  The only redress a person has for all of the above is to fill out an online form; sign and print their name; then deliver it to the Department of Homeland Security with a lot of corresponding identification.  They are then informed that their application will be reviewed and if it is deemed warranted, they will make the changes on the list.  You don`t even know that the changes have or have not been made as you will receive no notifications.   There are many people who are taking their cases to court over this, after being both embarassed and publicly humiliated in front of everyone present; missed business appointments; and a whole host of other reasons.   I did try to get a list from the Canadian Air Services a year or two ago for a friend who wanted to fly her daughter from Edmonton back to here, where she lives.  Couldn`t get it.  All I could get was a list of items that you will not be allowed to take on board with you.   Looks like my flying is done for life and so much for a passport.  Amazing.......... Sources: Wikipedia; live search; experience   Anonymous's Recommendations Deadline looms for fixing "no-fly" lists.(Homeland Security)(no-fly" list): An article from: Security Management Amazon List Price: $9.95 This is sold as an e-book and can be downloaded in the html format.   Video   Video Anonymous 65 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Bentley]

At least not on any website that has general access.   I don't believe that you can find out if you are on the list; that is until you are not allowed to  buy a ticket.  At that point, I am not sure if you are told you are on the list or just told that they can't sell you a ticket.   There is an effort being made to find out if you are on the list after being denied a ticket & why you've been placed there.  Then you will be able to produce evidence that you are not a terr & have your name removed.  I don't know the status of that effort.   It seems kids have been placed on the list before they were born for who knows what reason.  Maybe the name was similar to a terr or something.

[Elisha]

Annlee said: 1 One indicator would be denial of flight!The Federal Aviation Board is the keeper of the list: Make an inqiery in writing and appears they must respond according to CNN Report!Many lawsuits are now being filed in Federal Court by good American Citizens!Blessings.........Annlee 65 months ago

[Mansel]

googly said: 2 Is that like when you could ask the FBI if you were in their files and then they kindly placed you in them even if you weren't there before? :-) 65 months ago