The U.S. government was sued Tuesday for maintaining a secretive no-fly list. The ACLU is joining the suit on behalf of two women who publish War Times, a newspaper critical of the invasion of Iraq. Rebecca Gordon and Jan Adams were stopped at San Francisco’s airport last August and held for 20 minutes by police before they were allowed to board. There have been many similar reports of journalists being detained at airports when entering and leaving the country, and then being told their names were on a list. A spokesperson for the FBI in San Francisco said the no-fly list came into existence after the September 11 attacks and was an effort to gather information about the hijackers. The suit against the FBI, the Justice Department and the Transportation Security Administration seeks access to records on no-fly lists and the payment of legal fees. After the U.S. government was sued, administration officials said they’ll review the policy.