900,000 on terror watch list?
U.S. Terror Watch List Surpasses 900,000 Names, ACLU Estimates
The government’s centralized terrorist watch list passed the 900,000 name mark this month, according to the ACLU, which estimated the new total by relying on Congressional testimony from the fall that the sprawling list was growing by 20,000 names a month.
The Terrorist Screening Center runs the list, accepting nominations of new names from a large range of government agencies.
Most of the positive matches on the list came from police routinely checking persons, such as speeding motorists, according to the Government Accountability Office’s report (.pdf). The number of individuals on the list is likely significantly less than 900,000, since the name count includes aliases.
If the ACLU’s math is correct, the list should pass the million name mark sometime in early July.</em>
This is madness.
