Monday
14 Apr 2008
22,500 in U.S. Too Dangerous to Fly
By Annie Jacobsen in category Airport Security & Screening
Of the 450,000 names on the terrorist watch list, 22,500 of these people — deemed too dangerous to fly — are believed to be in the United States. Audrey Hudson reports for The Washington Times:
Since last year, the Homeland Security Department has received nearly 24,000 requests to be removed from the terrorist watch list now estimated to contain 450,000 names — 5 percent or 22,500 are thought to be in the United States.
Some individuals use aliases or fake passports that can generate multiple records, and officials think it creates twice the number of actual persons on the watch list.
Others, like Sr. Ted Kennedy, who have been put on the list in error, are being removed.