“But the government won’t even give me its reason for putting me on the No Fly List, any evidence it thinks might justify an indefinite flying ban, or a hearing to clear my name.”
The FBI lured a Chicago-born engineer to City Hall with a fake permit violation. Then it gave him a choice: inform on his own community or leave the country. He said no, and soon after he couldn’t board a plane. The No Fly List is supposed to stop terrorists. Here it was used as leverage.