Terrorist Watch List Troubles

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What good is a "Terror Watch List," if it grows to such proportions that it is impossible to "watch" all those on it? Like everything else to come out of this administration, it's a mess. A big useless mess.

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Problems with US Terrorist Watch List Prompt Concerns

The terrorist watch list, compiled by U.S. intelligence agencies, is used by the U.S. government to bar individuals who pose a threat to national security from entering the country through land border crossings, airports and seaports.

But in a new report, the Government Accountability Office, Congress' investigative arm, has found problems with the list. [snip]

The chairman of the Senate committee, Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, expressed concern about the growth of the terrorist watch list, which the GAO report says has grown from 158,000 in June 2004 to 860,000 today. . .

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