I can understand the reason for having no-fly lists, but the total and complete secrecy around them makes a mockery of the democratic and legal process which is supposed to protect people. A person on the list should at least be able to know why, even if there is still no way to be taken off of it.<p>As an American expat living overseas, the possibility of not being able to return to the country of my birth is rather frightening. It's highly unlikely I would be placed on it, but I imagine most of the people on the list weren't expecting to find themselves on it either!