Because AbdulMutallab didn't make the screening database, his name could not then be sent onto the watch lists maintained by the TSA: the "selectee list, " which law enforcement sources say includes about 14, 000 names, and the "no-fly" list, which those sources say bans some 4, 000 people from boarding any commercial flight destined for the United States.
CNN: Air terror suspect was in database, not watch list