Reporting on the No-Fly list
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A House representative said Thursday she is
requesting an investigation after learning a CNN reporter was put on
the federal no-fly list shortly after his investigation of the
Transportation Security Administration.
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee demanded to know why a CNN reporter's
name was put on the no-fly list.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas asked Homeland Security Secretary
Michael Chertoff about "a curious and interesting and troubling
phenomenon" that CNN Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin was
added to the list.
Griffin learned in May he was on the list, about two months after he
reported on the federal air marshals program.
In a March story, Griffin reported that of the 28,000 commercial
flights taking off in the United States every day, fewer than 1
percent have on-board, armed federal air marshals on board.
In response to Griffin's story, TSA said on its Web site that it would
not disclose the number of air marshals flying on a daily basis so as
not to "tip our hand to terrorists."