"The government's terrorism watch list consists of somewhere between 400,000 names (FBI) and 1 million (ACLU). As of October 2006, more than 30,000 airline passengers had asked that their names be taken off.
One of them: the former head of the Justice Department's criminal division during the Clinton administration who has top-secret security clearances. "It's a pain in the neck, and significantly interferes with my travel arrangements," said James K. Robinson, the assistant attorney general who was the top criminal prosecutor. "I suppose if I were convinced that America is a safer place because I get hassled at the airport, I might put up with it, but I doubt it."" --clip-- More at http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/07/ex-justice-offi.html pointing to ACLU Watch List counter at http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/watchlistcounter.html Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
