Article: Preliminary Congressional Investigation Finds Watch Lists Plagued with Systemic Flaws

Article: LEVIN ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF GAO REPORT ON THE NEED FOR U.S. TO CONSOLIDATE TERRORIST WATCH LISTS
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  April 30, 2003 ;     266 words ......government to consolidate terrorist watch lists. The GAO report...terrorist and criminal watch lists in performing its...maintain twelve separate watch lists that are not uniform...consolidating these disparate watch lists into a unified system...

Article: Analysis: FBI plans to consolidate terrorist watch lists
NPR All Things Considered;  September 16, 2003 ;     589 words ......consolidate a number of terrorist watch lists that exist across...through previous watch lists. Joining us now is...number of immigration watch lists. There's the Department...out all kinds of watch lists. Some of them were...

Article: Watching the Watch Lists: Maintaining Security and Liberty in America
Human Rights;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......member included on a terrorist watch list. Numerous innocent...that, in theory, terrorist watch lists serve an important...liberty. The current terrorist watch list system is a...receives data from the Terrorist Identities Datamart...A1. Today, agency watch ...

Article: Profile: Use of terrorist watch lists at American airports
NPR Morning Edition;  April 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ......04-26-2005 Profile: Use of terrorist watch lists at American airports...the government's terrorist watch list. But that does not mean that the watch lists are entirely fixed...DAVID SMITH (Name On Terrorist Watch List): I'm sure there...

Article: GAO Criticizes System For Tracking Terrorists; 'Watch Lists' Are Called Incompatible
The Washington Post;  April 30, 2003 ;     623 words ......Office found that a dozen terrorist "watch lists" compiled by nine federal...documented problems with terrorist watch lists, which are frequently administered...federal agencies that compile watch lists "do not have a consistent...uniform approach to sharing ...

Article: Bills would ban sales of guns with watch lists; Critics see breach of Second Amendment.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  April 8, 2005 ;     461 words ......to individuals named on terrorist watch lists, but critics question the...matched those on suspected-terrorist watch lists. I realize not everyone...sales to individuals on the terrorist watch lists and require sales records...

Article: Terrorist watch lists seen deficient; 'Weaknesses' in center cited.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  September 7, 2007 ;     494 words ......WASHINGTON TIMES The FBI's Terrorist Screening Center...supposed to consolidate terrorist watch lists and provide 24/7 responses...mistakenly included on terrorist watch lists, we also determined...a dozen government watch lists.

Article: Congressman Thompson Responds to Flight Diversion: We Must Check Passengers Against Watch Lists Before Take-Off.
PR Newswire;  May 12, 2005 ;     158 words ......who are traveling to the United States against terrorist watch lists before they get on a plane, not when the plane...process to correct errors and inaccuracies on our watch lists so that innocent people -- who pose no threat to...

Article: Analysis: New terrorist screening center being opened by the FBI an attempt to integrate a dozen terrorist watch lists
NPR All Things Considered;  November 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ......integrate a dozen terrorist watch lists Host: MICHELE NORRIS...dozen different terrorist watch lists currently scattered...annoying, government watch lists can be downright...11 hijackers on a terrorist watch list, but that information...

Article: Reliance on watch lists can threaten Americans' safety; Reform is crucial to streamline investigations and allow the innocent to clear their names
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 26, 2007 ;     660 words ......red- flagged as a result of government watch lists. O'Dwyer, a veteran pilot for American...airline passengers who become ensnared by watch lists. Private businesses are encouraged to...public of the methods used to compile watch lists. Some watch lists, when used ...

Article: Terrorist Watch.(Terrorist Screening Center launched)(Brief Article)
U.S. News & World Report;  September 29, 2003 ;     114 words ......database of all known and suspected terrorists. The FBI-run Terrorist Screening Center consolidates about a dozen terrorist watch lists. The move is an attempt to fix a gaping security lapse discovered in the wake of 9/11: that the nation's intelligence...

Article: GAO REPORT ON WATCH LISTS
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  April 30, 2003 ;     270 words ......30, 2003 GAO Report on Watch lists Sen. Chuck Grassley today...federal government's watch lists and information sharing. The report, entitled Terrorist Watch Lists Should be Consolidated...on certain government watch lists, but that information...Security to ...

Article: CHAIRMAN THOMPSON COMMENTS ON PROGRESS, PITFALLS OF TERRORIST WATCH LIST
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 8, 2007 ;     563 words ......Progress and Pitfalls of the Terrorist Watch List Today, Committee on Homeland...Progress and Pitfalls of the Terrorist Watch List": "When most people hear about the terrorist watch list, they think of flying...the almost four years since the Terrorist Screening Center was ...

Article: New rules on flight watch lists
International Herald Tribune;  August 11, 2007 ;     322 words ......United States will have their names checked against terrorist watch lists before departure, instead of after takeoff, Homeland...Flight.Currently, airlines use government-supplied watch lists to determine whether to bar certain passengers...