Along with philosophical qualms, McClintock said he has personal reasons to doubt the efficacy of the no-fly list. Turns out that when he was in the state Senate a decade ago, McClintock said, he discovered he couldn't check into his flight.
Still, he said it took months of working with officials and repeated petitions to the government to get his name removed.
"The farce of it all was that I was advised in the meantime just to fly under my middle name, which I did without incident," he added.