The "No-Fly" list / How is the information being gathered?

There have been a wealth of stories of people being inappropriately detained, searched, questioned, and held back from getting on flights.

Many of these people are activists, Democrats, and those who specifically oppose the Bush Administrations' policies.

So, how is it, that these people are coincidentally being targetted and/or "randomly" searched?

Is it due to a database that is being kept that alerts Airlines to people who happen to oppose the policies of the Bush Administration?

Also, there was a group of Democrats some months back, I believe it was DFA, who were not allowed to participate in a Bush rally. Im not sure if it was specifically a Bush rally, but I believe it was some sort of appearence for Bush and they were somehow tagged and not allowed to attend.

So, why and how are these people being stopped from flying and/or simply attending functions? How do we find out who is gathering this information?

When did it become a standard that the government can keep any and all data on Americans, and we have no right to know who is gathering such data?

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