Civil Liberties Groups Express Concern Over Dramatic Growth of Individuals on Terror Watch Lists

The system has grown so large and complex that Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said this week that the Senate will vote “with almost no one understanding how these lists are put together, how they’re adjudicated, how you get off of them.” He added: “The terror watch list is not what people think it is .?.?. and there’s 11 different lists.”

The Intercept: The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist

By Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux  The Intercept  23 Jul 2014 The Obama administration has quietly approved a substantial expansion of the terrorist watchlist system, authorizing a secret process that requires neither “concrete facts” nor “irrefutable evidence” to designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist, according to a key government document obtained by The More

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