ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Just a day before a judge was scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the government's no fly list, the brother of the man who filed the lawsuit was placed on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists.

For four years, the government has tried unsuccessfully to get a judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by Gulet Mohamed of Alexandria, Virginia, who says he was unfairly placed on the no-fly list.

The case took a twist Thursday when the FBI announced Mohamed's brother Liban has been placed on the bureau's list of most wanted terrorists. Gulet Mohamed's lawyer says the timing of that announcement is meant to influence the judge.

The government on Friday will again ask that the case be dismissed, arguing in part that defending the lawsuit would require it to divulge state secrets.

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