Lots of places supposed have terrorist cells, which doesn’t mean the no fly list works or is just.
True. And Portland had an ACTUAL a terrorist cell, not a "supposed" one. The accused terrorists were tried and convicted, except one who got away, joined Al Qaeda and died in Pakistan fighting the jihad.
And where did the actual terrorists become terrorists?
The most infamous of the Portland Seven was Mike Hawash, who was a VP of some sort at Intel. Here's a little background about his path to Jihad:
He grew a beard and covered his head with a prayer cap. He asked those who had known him for years as Mike to, please, call him Maher. He paid off the mortgage on his house, because Islam forbids paying interest on loans. And he became a regular attendee at Masjed as-Saberthe, the Islamic Center of Portland, a more fundamentalist place of worship than the Bilal Mosque, which he previously attended and which was closer to his home.[3]So, it seems reasonable that the head of this Mosque is someone we would be very cautious about.
you continue: which doesnt mean the no fly list works
Taken as a group the security measures put into place for air travel post 9/11, which includes the no-fly lists, seem to have done the job. There have been no hijackings oa Ameican planes since then.
you continue: or is just.
Possibly so. It's not prejudice that landed the Imam on the list, though. One might think it a reasonable precaution given that we are still at war with Islam, and this fellow looks to be a radical Islamic type.