Enough already with the government's absurd and abusive "no-fly list," argues Steve Chapman in Reason. Our constitutional rights to move about without restriction — a fundamental and valuable liberty — and not be subject to unreasonable searches have been discarded in favor of a security practice that doesn't even work. Here's an excerpt:
The whole idea behind the list doesn't make much sense. Supposedly, we have hundreds or even thousands of U.S. residents who are too dangerous to be allowed on a plane—but safe enough to be trusted in all sorts of other places (subway trains, sports venues, shopping malls, skyscrapers) where someone carrying a bomb or a gun could wreak havoc.
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