Critics of the government's secret no-fly list scored a potentially important victory Monday when a federal appeals court ruled that would-be passengers can ask a judge and jury to decide whether their inclusion on the list violates their rights.

In a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reinstated a suit by a former Stanford University student who was detained and handcuffed in 2005 as she was about to board a plane to her native Malaysia.

Glenn Greenwald has done an incredible job at his blog and salon radio  in investigating the anthrax investigation.  It is a shame that the FBI and mainstream media cannot be trusted to deal honestly with the American people when it comes to such important issues as life and death and war and peace.  As Glenn says

"On Saturday morning, Dan Gillmor and I had the same thought when we read Glenn Greenwald's post: ABC News has to respond. But to what, exactly? We tried to put it into three questions: tough but fair as people there would probably say on other occasions."

No need for a big preamble. Dan Gillmor and I are posting these questions simultaneously.

Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News

Glenn Greenwald

Aug. 01, 2008 

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