FBI Watchlist Data Unreliable
An AP newswire article by Lara Jakes Jordan, via The Boston Globe, reports that:
A new Justice Department audit shows that for nearly three years the FBI gave outdated, incomplete and error-riddled data about terror suspects to be added to the government's watchlist.More here.
Overall, the audit by the department's inspector general gives the FBI a mixed review for its process of nominating names and submitting other information to be included in the terrorist watchlist that is maintained by U.S. intelligence agencies.
The audit was released Monday. It found that the FBI has proper controls in place to help make sure names of suspected terrorists were accurately added to the list. But it also concluded that the bureau didn't always pass along newly discovered information about people on the watchlist, or remove those who were no longer deemed a threat.
The FBI didn't have an immediate comment.
posted by Fergie @ 3/17/2008 10:32:00 AM
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