Judge Slaps Feds Over Secret Evidence for No-Fly List

Must stop "persistent and stubborn refusal" to follow the law

A federal judge in San Francisco has indignantly rejected an attempt by the Obama administration to use secret evidence to derail a former Stanford student's challenge to her apparent inclusion on the government's no-fly list.

The government must halt its "persistent and stubborn refusal" to follow the applicable laws, said U.S. District Judge William Alsup.

Rahinah Ibrahim's name on the confidential no-fly list has barred her and one of her four children from returning to the United States for nearly eight years. She was a Stanford graduate student in January 2005 when she was first stopped at San Francisco International Airport and prevented from boarding a flight to her native Malaysia.

(H/T Sevo)