"There was simply throughout the law enforcement community never information that would put this individual on a 'no-fly' list,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

They became the first African-American men to fly together on a shuttle mission.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

The most recent threat nearly got away. The 30-year-old Pakistani American was on board this flight, bound for Dubai when pilots heard this from Air Traffic Control: Federal agents stopped the flight and removed Shahzad, who managed to board the airplane despite being placed on a "no-fly" list hours before.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06