[IP] GAO Report Terrorist Watch List Screening: Efforts to Help Reduce Adverse Effects on the Public

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Robert Cannon <rcannon100@yahoo.com>
Date: October 6, 2006 1:26:22 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: GAO Report Terrorist Watch List Screening: Efforts to Help  
Reduce Adverse Effects on the Public

For IP...

GAO Report Terrorist Watch List Screening: Efforts to
Help Reduce Adverse Effects on the Public.
GAO-06-1031, September 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-1031
Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d061031high.pdf

Annually, millions of individuals—from international
travelers to visa applicants—are screened for
terrorism links against the watch list. At times, a
person is misidentified because of name similarities,
although the exact number is unknown. In some cases,
agencies can verify the person is not a match by
comparing birth dates or other data with watch list
records, but agencies do not track the number. In
other cases, they ask TSC for help. From December 2003
(when TSC began operations) to January 2006, agencies
sent tens of thousands of names to TSC, and about half
were misidentifications, according to TSC. While the
total number of people misidentified may be
substantial, it likely represents a fraction of all
people screened. Even so, misidentifications can lead
to delays, intensive questioning and searches, missed
flights, or denied entry at the border.....

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