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Article: Frustration grows over watch list
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- September 3, 2008
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Joe Sharkey The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
09-03-2008
Frustration grows over watch list
Byline: Joe Sharkey The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 4
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
NEW YORK --
Nobody likes the way the terrorist watch lists work in the United States. Not the government, not the airlines and certainly not the innocent travelers who are flagged and delayed at the airport when a match of their name is on the federal master list.
There is even a dispute about how many names are on the list. A million, says the American Civil Liberties Union. Not even close, responds the Transportation Security Administration.
The U.S. Terrorist Screening Center database ...