How Obama Officials Cried ‘Terrorism’ to Cover Up a Paperwork Error

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55. As far as I can tell from the court decision, she was removed from the no-fly list in 2005 but

the listing had been copied to multiple other databases, so she continued to experience problems from other listings: for example, her visa applications to the US were denied, apparently on the basis of the derivative listings: it's difficult to be entirely sure, because the Executive did not want either to confirm or deny that she was listed in any such database, though it did agree that there was no reason (other than human error) to have had her on the no-fly list in 2005

The judge therefore instructed that her name be removed from the various databases or annotated there to show that it had been included by error, allowing the possibility that her name might be re-added to a database if, on review of existing or new information, the Executive concluded she belonged in the database

The decision, as I understand it, further says the Executive has broad discretion regarding visa issuance, and so she cannot seek remedy for visa denial, no matter what the cause

She did settle with San Francisco for $225,000 a while ago regarding the 2005 arrest at the airport