PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thirteen people say their placement on the no-fly list deprives them of their due process rights, while lawyers defending the U.S. government say explaining such placement would involve classified information and endanger national security. In August, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown's rejected the government's
Plaintiffs: No-fly List Deprives Due Process Right
«No one denies that the government has an important national security interest,» said ACLU attorney Hina Shamsi. «The question is whether that interest is so all-encompassing that a citizen can be denied … the fundamental right of due process?»