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| U.S. terrorist list hits 1 million names |
| 2008-07-15 |
| (Xinhua) -- The U.S. terrorist watch list now has 1 million names on it, partly due to the loose criteria for adding names to the list, a rights group said Monday. "America's new million record watch list is a perfect symbol for what's wrong with this administration's approach to security," Barry Steinhardt, a spokesman for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), said in a statement. "It's unfair, out-of-control, a waste of resources, treats the rights of the innocent as an afterthought, and is a very real impediment in the lives of million of travelers in this country," he added. The Inspector General of the Justice Department reported last year that the Terrorist Screening Center had over 700,000 names as of April 2007 and that the list was growing by an average of 20,000 names per month. The watch list has become long and "bloated" naming several individuals who are probably not terrorists, Steinhardt said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Yep. That's exactly what happens. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-15 11:54 |
| #6 so, you declare "t3031" and you get pulled aside? That's odd..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-07-15 11:13 |
| #5 If I don't use my middle initial, I get pulled out of line. It happened in Providence 2 years ago. The TSA guy said from now on use the middle initial and I should have no problems. And I'm not gonna win any Bin Laden lookalike contests... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-15 11:01 |
| #4 The number of individuals contained in the DB is significantly less. The "names" include alias'. |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2008-07-15 09:57 |
| #3 What about the other 1299000000 ROPers? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-07-15 09:38 |
| #2 On a more sober note. Given that it's the ACLU, you can usually count on it to be as accurate as the AP, Al Reuters, Lancet, et al. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-07-15 09:28 |
| #1 Do we have a "Our One Millionth Customer" pic? And is Barry Steinhardt on there somewhere? Just in case, you know... |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2008-07-15 09:26 |