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Article: CHAIRMAN THOMPSON COMMENTS ON PROGRESS, PITFALLS OF TERRORIST WATCH LIST
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 8, 2007
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The House Homeland Security Committee issued the following opening statement from a full committee hearing:
Chairman Bennie G. Thompson
The Progress and Pitfalls of the Terrorist Watch List
Today, Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following prepared remarks for the full Committee hearing entitled "The Progress and Pitfalls of the Terrorist Watch List":
"When most people hear about the terrorist watch list, they think of flying - and of the no-fly list they hear about on TV. Many probably think about getting the dreaded "S" on their boarding pass, which means they get secondary screening. But the watch list is much broader than that.
It is used ...