Posted on 12/09/2005 5:12:50 AM PST by Esther Ruth
US terror watchlist 80,000 names long
Thu Dec 8,10:59 AM ET
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A watchlist of possible terror suspects distributed by the US government to airlines for pre-flight checks is now 80,000 names long, a Swedish newspaper reported, citing European air industry sources.
The classified list, which carried just 16 names before the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington had grown to 1,000 by the end of 2001, to 40,000 a year later and now stands at 80,000, Svenska Dagbladet reported.
Airlines must check each passenger flying to a US destination against the list, and contact the US Department of Homeland Security for further investigation if there is a matching name.
The list contains a strict "no fly" section, which requires airline staff to contact police, and a "selectee" section, which requires passengers to undergo further security checks.
Some 2,000 passengers checking in at Stockholm's Arlanda airport have had to be cleared with the US authorities because of name matches on the "selectee" list this year, although none was prevented from boarding, Svenska Dagbladet said.
Can't we off some of them? Just a tiny bit?
I'm not greedy, I'll just take 79,999, please. (innocent pupuy dog eyes, panting) :P
well, i knew we had alot of state dept employees on the payroll along with lots of supposed judges, but this many? gosh the enemies of the usa have grown geometrically. oh, add all of congress name to the list and i really would feel much safer.
I wonder if freepers on the "bang" list automatically qualify...
80,000?
Interestingly, that's about how many have signed up to be DUmmies over at the DUmp.
Coincidence? I think not.
You'd think that the airlines would use a computer to check the list. Hmmm. Maybe that's why baggage to DFW gets lost in LAX.
When Air Marshalls give TSA the Third Degree, something is seriously wrong. I think we should use the true federal agents, our boys and girls in uniform.
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