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Transcript: GAO REPORT ON WATCH LISTS
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- April 30, 2003
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For Immediate Release April 30, 2003 GAO Report on Watch lists Sen.
Chuck
Grassley today issued the following statement after the release of
a General
Accounting Office study on the federal government's watch lists and
information
sharing. The report, entitled "Terrorist Watch Lists Should be Consolidated
to Promote Better Integration and Sharing" has alarming findings.
The report,
requested by Grassley and Sen. Carl Levin, of Michigan, was requested
in
the wake of revelations that some of the hijackers were on certain
government
watch lists, but that information was not shared with other agencies
or
state and local law enforcement. More than a year and a half ...