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USA: Terrorists list contains approximately 755,000 records according to Government Accountability Office

01 October 2007

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"As of May 2007, the consolidated watch list contained approximately 755,000 records" according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO): GOA report: Terrorist watch list screening (pdf)

According to the report: "From December 2003 through May 2007, screening and law enforcement agencies encountered individuals who were positively matched to watch list records approximately 53,000 times. Many individuals were matched multiple times. The outcomes of these encounters reflect an array of actions, such as arrests; denials of entry into the United States; and, most often, questioning and release." It also observes that: "subjects of watch list records have passed undetected through agency screening processes and were not identified, for example, until after they had boarded and flew on an aircraft or were processed at a port of entry and admitted into the United States."

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