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No-Fly List Expands as Obama Beefs Up Security

Jane Yager — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:18:00 CST

In the midst of beefing up airport security after the Detroit terror attempt, the US is expanding passenger surveillance lists, adding "probably dozens" of names to the no-fly and watch lists, the White House tells the BBC . The new names have been moved to the lists from TIDE, the vast...

Tightening Air Security Will Take a Toll

Harry Kimball — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:11:49 CST

The White House is talking tough about airline security after Friday's failed bombing, but many options for tightening up the system are either politically untenable, repugnant to travelers, or both. Josh Gerstein takes a look at a few possibilities, and their likelihood of becoming reality, in Politico . Expand the no-fly...

Terrorism Warnings Often Go Unpursued

Jane Yager — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:27:00 CST

However ill-advised it looks in hindsight, the decision of counterterrorism officials last month not to pursue a warning from the Nigerian would-be bomber's father was standard procedure for agencies flooded with unsubstantiated terrorism tips. It takes a specific threat, or an existing body of knowledge about an individual, for information...

Ballooning Terror Database Spawns Errors

Sam Gale Rosen — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:58:29 CDT

The US list of suspected terrorists has ballooned to 435,000 names, and upkeep is so poor that once you're on it, it's virtually impossible to get off. The size alone threatens to overwhelm those responsible for its upkeep, reports Karen DeYoung creating concerns about secrecy, errors and privacy.