Ex-Justice official on terror watch list, which ACLU claims is now 1M names

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

"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.""
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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
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