I have the distinct pleasure of having the same name as some shady individual whom the Department of Homeland Security does not want on airplanes. I thought this was the "no-fly" list but it's actually a "selectee" list. The difference is if you are a "no-fly" person you don't get to board the airplane. If you're simply a "selectee" they let you fly, but somebody double-checks your identity.

Because of double-check component of being a "selectee", I am forced to check in to airports in-person whenever I fly. I cannot use e-ticket checkin kiosks nor can I print boarding passes at home. It totally sucks ass.

Wired magazine has an article that describes the varying watchlists that the government uses to keep people in check. The DHS is among them. There is a DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program -- I have no idea how I'm supposed to know that this combination of words translates into "get off the TSA watchlist" but apparently this is the place to go if you want to print boarding passes from your home computer again.

Link to wired

Link to get off the DHS list.