Two years ago, while flying to a VA computer security conference with my federal government issued ID and federal government paid ticket, I discovered that I was on the “No-Fly” list. Apparently, the name “A. Kaplan” was associated with some bad guy. I filled out the requisite forms, and was off the list within the year. I was not happy about the incident, but I understand the costs of security.
You can see how I am not amused that I could end up on this list when a person reported by his own family to be a security risk was not on the no fly list. It is sheer luck that the device failed to explode. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/us/29terror.html. We can and must do better.