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terrorist watch list stories: 5 news summaries

 FBI Neglected 
 Terror Watch 
 List: Audit 

Suspects may have traveled into US while off the list

May 6, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(AP) - The FBI is slow to update the national terror suspect watch list, and the lapses pose real risks to US security, according to a Justice Department audit. Twelve terror suspects who were either not listed or were slow to be added may have traveled into or out of the US,... More »

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Department of Justice • FBI • audit • terror suspects • terrorist watch list

Homeland Security Chief: Terror List Isn't So Long

Feds to take over airline passenger screening from next year

Oct 23, 08 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The terrorist watch list isn't the million-name behemoth it’s been reported as, the Homeland Security chief says. Only 2,500 people are on the no-fly list, according to Michael Chertoff, and just 10% of them are US citizens. Less than 16,000 people are on another, lower-level threat list,... More »

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ACLU • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • air travel • watch list • terrorist watch list

 Boy, 8, Makes 'Terror Watch List'

Third grader joins many others on flaw-filled 'no-fly' list

Aug 20, 08 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - James Robinson, 8, shares more than a name with a pilot and a former assistant attorney general, CNN reports. All three have found themselves on the government's terrorist watch list and must verify they're not James Robinson, suspected terrorist, before they can fly. Little James was first held up at... More »

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terrorist lists • Department of Homeland Security • airport security • terror suspects • national database • terrorist watch list

US Terror Watch List Tops 400K

As ledger exceeds 1M records, ACLU calls
it 'unfair,' feds call it 'effective'

Jul 14, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington's terror suspect list has topped the 1-million milestone, Reuters reports. That adds up to 400,000 people, including duplicates, about 50,000 of whom are tagged with “no-fly” status. The American Civil Liberties Union slammed the list as poorly managed and too long to be effective. The ACLU... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • ACLU • TSA • watch list • suspected terrorists • terrorist attack • terrorist watch list

 Mandela on
 US Terror
 Watch List 

Rice is embarrassed, she tells senators

May 1, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nelson Mandela may be a Nobel Peace Prize winner, former head of state, an icon of non-violence, and a symbol of the conquest of hope and endurance over oppression, but to the US federal government he's a potential terrorist. Incredibly, Mandela and all members of the African National Congress remain... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • South Africa • Nelson Mandela • African National Congress • terrorist watch list • Tokyo Sexwale • Barbara Masekela • Howard Berman

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