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Muslims, ACLU challenge the government's no-fly list

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    Groups complain list is arbitrary with no way off

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We'll be ACLU is gearing up for another challenge to the federal government's no fly list -- clean it's random and impossible to get off of once you're on it.

Officials with the joint terrorism task force say it saves lives well Dan -- Live in Seattle Dan a federal judge has thrown this case out but apparently this legal fight is not overt.

Oh that's right petty and it is far from over the ACLU is appealing that federal court's decision in port and -- even if it doesn't get hurt in district court.

It will likely -- by the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at issue is whether or not the no fly list but it's 20000 names it's constitutional.

Or doesn't violate.

A person's right to travel.

And more specifically due process rights a former member of Portland's joint terrorism task force says the list is legal and it has already saved lives.

Because of.

Nine elevenths a lot of things to -- a lot of our personal freedoms have been restricted.

Our phone calls overseas and things like there are hard for many times are intercepted and monitored.

And that's a result of that did care secretary trying to affect the home.

-- everyone on this side terrorism this -- want this fly list.

Is also on the terrorism watch list and that also includes petty and 500 US citizens.

So what happens and if the FBI gets it wrong.

Well and it has -- it -- there is a redress system but it's not an easy system to get through it it makes you go through several different processes and also departments within Homeland Security.

And one of the 500 Americans who was on this list is.

Budget multi -- volume of businessman from Portland he says it would have required him giving up his Miranda rights.

Now to -- -- was barred from flying back to his family after humanitarian trip to his native Libya.

With the Christian group medical teams international he says he has never been told why he's even on the list.

They can ask anything they want.

What what I know that I'll be more than happy to us.

Is I have really nothing to hide about what I have done in Libya what how I live my life from the United States.

And just like -- -- all sixteen plaintiffs in the ACLU case against the no fly list.

Are Muslims back -- -- -- -- Dan Springer live in Seattle.

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