Terror suspect list grows to 80,000

[jilln]

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A watchlist of possible terror suspects distributed by
the US government to airlines for pre-flight checks is now 80,000 names
long, a Swedish newspaper reported, citing European air industry sources.

The classified list, which carried just 16 names before the September
11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington had grown to 1,000 by the
end of 2001, to 40,000 a year later and now stands at 80,000, Svenska
Dagbladet reported.

Airlines must check each passenger flying to a US destination against
the list, and contact the US Department of

Homeland Security
for
further investigation if there is a matching name.

The list contains a strict "no fly" section, which requires
airline staff to contact police, and a "selectee" section,
which requires passengers to undergo further security checks.

Some 2,000 passengers checking in at Stockholm's Arlanda airport have
had to be cleared with the US authorities because of name matches on the
"selectee" list this year, although none was prevented from
boarding, Svenska Dagbladet said

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. Ironic that DU is now at that number. Things that........

make you go Mmmmmmmmmm???

[dutchdemocrat]

2. link?

Link?

[jilln]

4. sorry, a friend sent it to me without link (nt)

[dutchdemocrat]

7. Here... google is my friend...

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1847555,00.html

[sui generis]

3. I'd pay good money for that list

and so would a whole bunch of other people, but most of THEM in the legal profession

Maybe we should figure out a way to get our hands on it . . .

[insane_cratic_gal]

5. Haha

my thoughts exactly. Du also has 80k users.. things that make you go hmmmm...

[insane_cratic_gal]

6. ewww double post