7 file class-action suit challenging `no-fly' list
4/7/2004

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Seven American citizens filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday to challenge the US government's "no-fly" list, which is meant to stop suspected terrorists from boarding planes. All seven say that they have been wrongly placed on the US Transportation Security Administration's "no-fly" list because their names are similar or identical to names on the list. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, demands that the government remove their names so that they can travel on planes without being interrogated and searched. The seven plaintiffs, who range from a college student to a woman in the military to a retired minister, joined in the lawsuit filed against the US Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration. (Reuters)

Policy proposal widens drug testing methods

The hair, saliva, and sweat of federal workers could be tested for drug use under a government policy proposed yesterday that could set screening standards for millions of private employers. The proposal will expand the methods to detect drug use among 1.6 million federal workers beyond urine samples. It is being implemented with an eye toward the private sector, however, because it would signal the government's approval for such testing, which many companies are awaiting before adopting their own screening programs. (AP)