The classified no-fly list was adopted after the hijacked-plane attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in an effort to prevent suspected terrorists from getting on aircraft or coming to the United States.

These lists are different than the federal no-fly list maintained by the FBI. This has caused viewers to send WFAA some no-fly list questions. We answer them here.

Key Takeaway There are two major types of no-fly lists: the official No Fly List created by the government and individual airline lists. Reasons for being placed on the list vary, and you may not ...

Visit the No-Fly Fiasco special section. "I'm a terrorist, apparently," said Thompson, an ATM technician. "It's a little disconcerting." He is just one of 20 passengers named John Thompson in ...

The no-fly list has been one of the government's most public counterterrorism tools since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Adding more people to the list could make Americans safer when they fly.

This abusive use of a government watch list underscores the serious need for regulation, oversight, and public accountability of an FBI that has become unleashed and unaccountable. One critically ...

The no-fly list jumped from about 10,000 known or suspected terrorists one year ago to about 21,000, according to government figures provided to the AP. Most people on the list are from other ...

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The no-fly list causes inconvenience and hardship, but not even the ACLU thinks it should be abolished because it understands the need to keep terrorists from boarding airplanes.

The federal no-fly list was created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attack, along with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which is an agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland ...