I think the term is NO SHIT!!!
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Report: Thousands wrongly on terror list
Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a government report said Friday.
More than 30,000 airline passengers have asked just one agency — the Transportation Security Administration — to have their names cleared from the lists, according to the
Government Accountability Office report.
Hundreds of millions of people each year are screened against the lists by Customs and Border Protection, the State Department and state and local law enforcement agencies. The lists include names of people suspected of terrorism or of possibly having links to terrorist activity.
"Misidentifications can lead to delays, intensive questioning and searches, missed flights or denied entry at the border," the report said. "Whether appropriate relief is being afforded these individuals is still an open question."
When questions arose about tens of thousands of names between December 2003 and January 2006, the names were sent back to the agencies that put them on the lists, the GAO said. Half of those were found to be misidentified, the report found.
Could we please have a COMPETENT government back after the next election? Please? I'll be your friend, really...
Report: Thousands wrongly on terror list
Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a government report said Friday.
More than 30,000 airline passengers have asked just one agency — the Transportation Security Administration — to have their names cleared from the lists, according to the
Government Accountability Office report.
Hundreds of millions of people each year are screened against the lists by Customs and Border Protection, the State Department and state and local law enforcement agencies. The lists include names of people suspected of terrorism or of possibly having links to terrorist activity.
"Misidentifications can lead to delays, intensive questioning and searches, missed flights or denied entry at the border," the report said. "Whether appropriate relief is being afforded these individuals is still an open question."
When questions arose about tens of thousands of names between December 2003 and January 2006, the names were sent back to the agencies that put them on the lists, the GAO said. Half of those were found to be misidentified, the report found.
Could we please have a COMPETENT government back after the next election? Please? I'll be your friend, really...
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Date: 2006-10-07 01:38 pm (UTC)He shares his name with an American President and is unmistakably caucasian.
I think it is his outspoken critisisms that landed him there, but the fact that someone would need to actively look for his comments to discover his opinion worries me about where the country is heading.
hi
Date: 2006-10-12 10:29 pm (UTC)anyhow - i saw this sunday on 60 minutes (if i'm not mistaken) and i totally agree w/your last line...
Could we please have a COMPETENT government back after the next election? Please? I'll be your friend, really...
i'll even bake cookies, walk the dog - whatever it takes...