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Government

Sep. 21, 2007

Grounded Fliers Demand Due Process in Court

The first time Rahinah Ibrahim was put on an airport no-fly list for suspected terrorists in 2005, the government admitted to a mistake, and the Stanford University doctoral student was allowed to fly home to Malaysia. But two years later, Ibrahim can't return to the U.S. because she's been put back on the no-fly list, and her efforts to challenge the government in court have met with stiff resistance.

By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - Rahinah Ibrahim is stuck in a holding pattern.
      In 2005, the Malaysian doctoral student from Stanford University was told she couldn't board a flight at San Francisco International Airport because she was on the government's suspected terrorist no-fly list.
      Ibrahim, who was recuperatin...

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