The government's terrorist watch list has swelled to more than 755,000 names, according to a new government report that has raised worries about the list's effectiveness.
The size of the list, typically used to check people entering the country through land border crossings, airports and sea ports, has been growing by 200,000 names a year since 2004. Some lawmakers, security experts and civil rights advocates warn that it will become useless if it includes too many people.
USA Today - 15,000 want off the U.S. terror watch list
More than 15,000 people have appealed to the government since February to have their names removed from the terrorist watch list that delayed their travel at U.S. airports and border crossings, the Homeland Security Department says.
John Anderson of Minneapolis, who turned 6 on July 4, is among those who have been inconvenienced.
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There must be some pretty vicious six-year-olds in the US if they end up on the terrorist watchlist (cue eyerolling)
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