Thousands misidentified on terror watch lists

[The Sushi Bandit]

Thousands misidentified on terror watch lists, resulting in one man's torture in Syria

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20061007p2g00m0in021000c.html

WASHINGTON -- Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a U.S. government report says.

More than 30,000 airline passengers have asked just one agency -- the Transportation Security Administration -- to have their names cleared from the lists, according to the Government Accountability Office report released Friday. Hundreds of millions of people each year are screened against the lists by Customs and Border Protection, the State Department and state and local law enforcement agencies. The lists include names of people suspected of terrorism or of possibly having links to terrorist activity.

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The agreement calls for airlines to submit 34 pieces of data -- including names, addresses and credit card details -- about passengers flying from Europe to the United States.

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