Are You Feeling Safer? Terror Suspect List Yields Few Arrests 20,000 Detentions in ’06 Rile Critics

Ellen Nakashima writes that the U.S. “government’s terrorist screening database flagged Americans and foreigners as suspected terrorists almost 20,000 times last year. But only a small fraction of those questioned were arrested or denied entry into the United States, raising concerns among critics about privacy and the list’s effectiveness.”

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