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Article: Terrorist watch lists seen deficient; 'Weaknesses' in center cited.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2007
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Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The FBI's Terrorist Screening Center, which is supposed to consolidate terrorist watch lists and provide 24/7 responses, continues to have "weaknesses" in its watch-list process and "significant deficiencies" in the information the lists contain, a report said yesterday.
The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General said that while the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) had made "significant strides" in becoming the single point of contact for law-enforcement authorities trying to identify persons with potential ties to terrorism, it had not ensured that the information in its database is complete and ...