>>> welcome back the nbc news has confirmed the size of the government's no fly list has doubled in the that's year. it's jumped from 10,000 neen or suspected terrorists to around 20,000. those people are banned from flying to or within the united states . the reason being explained for this huge increase, the government lowered the standard for putting people on the list following the failed christmas 2009 bombing. joining me now eileen sullivan who first broke this story. thank you for joining me.
>> thank you for having me.
>> let's talk about this criteria that increased the number of people on the no fly list. what's changed?
>> a lot has changed. used to be you had to be a threat and now the bar has been lowered. if you're considered operationally capable meaning you been to a terrorist training camp . now these days you can be on the no fly list.
>> is there competence in the accuracy of this list. we have heard of awkward situations in year past, children's names listed on there and a couple of lawmakers. how accurate is this list especially when you look at the new number of names on there?
>> the government says it's very accurate. they attribute that to the government taking over the system for checking the names against the watch list . used to be the airlines would check it against the no fly list. now that the government does it, they say it's a lot more reliable.
>> as i understand it in the reco reporting, 3% of those are americans. the aclu has sued on behalf of americans on the list. how does that relate to the number of increase or the number of names on there?
>> no one will tell you from the government whether you're on or off the list. you can petition to, if you feel you're being stopped unfairly at airport security , you can petition the didn't of homeland security and they will review your case. you'll never know unless you try to fly and it might not be clear.
>> thank you for the information and your breaking story on all of this. i know when people see the number increase they want to know why. thank you so much.
>> thank you.
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