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: TIDE by the Numbers: What's in the surveillance database

Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE). What's in the TIDE database? According to the government’s watchlisting guidelines, published by The Intercept last month, officials don’t need “concrete facts” or “irrefutable evidence” to secretly place someone on the list—only a vague and elastic standard of “reasonable suspicion.” Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! More

The Intercept: TIDE by the Numbers: What’s in the surveillance database

Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE). What's in the TIDE database? According to the government’s watchlisting guidelines, published by The Intercept last month, officials don’t need “concrete facts” or “irrefutable evidence” to secretly place someone on the list—only a vague and elastic standard of “reasonable suspicion.” Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! More

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