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Transcript: LEVIN ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF GAO REPORT ON THE NEED FOR U.S. TO CONSOLIDATE TERRORIST WATCH LISTS
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- April 30, 2003
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For Immediate Release April 30, 2003 Levin Announces Release of GAO
Report
on the Need for U.S. to Consolidate Terrorist Watch Lists WASHINGTON
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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced the release of a General Accounting
Office (GAO) report today on the need for the U.S. government to consolidate
terrorist watch lists. The GAO report, jointly requested by Levin
and Sen.
Charles Grassley, R- Iowa, concluded that "the federal government'
s approach
to developing and using terrorist and criminal watch lists in performing
its border security mission is diffuse and nonstandard." The GAO found
that nine federal agencies have developed and maintain twelve separate
watch ...