You may be dying, figuratively, to get off the government’s no-fly list, but death won’t guarantee removal. The government’s no-fly list includes the names of dead suspects, according to government officials who spoke with The Associated Press, to help catch people who may try to assume the suspect’s identity. The no-fly list has been shrouded in mystery since it was first developed after the 9/11 attacks. How people get on the list or get off it has been a closely guarded secret, with only bits of information made public during congressional hearings. The AP has pieced together the broad steps it takes for someone to get on the list, and some of the changes the list has undergone since it was created nine years ago. The no-fly list has grown from 3,400 people to about 6,000 since last December, but did contain the name of airline passenger Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab., The AP said. The Nigerian attempted to bomb a Detroit-bound Northwest airlines flight on Christmas Day using explosives packed in his underwear. Abdulmuttalab’s name appeared in a terrorism database after his father tipped off U.S. embassy officials in Nigeria that his son might be involved in extremist activity.
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No-Fly List Includes the Dead
