FBI Must Face Suit Over ‘No-Fly List,’ Supreme Court Says (1)

An Oregon man can continue his suit against the FBI for placing him on a no-fly list even though he’s since been removed.

In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the justices said the government has failed to demonstrate Yonas Fikre’s case is moot, meaning it may proceed in the lower courts.

An American citizen, Fikre said he learned that he was on the list in 2010 while traveling to Sudan when FBI agents approached him and tried to recruit him as a government informant. He said he refused. He was then arrested, tortured, and interrogated about his Portland mosque, its events, ...