Threshold for Getting Onto No-Fly List Lowered

January 6th, 2010 admin

The government has lowered the criteria for putting someone on a watch list or no-fly list and has so far revoked several U.S. visas as a result of the reduced threshold, according to CNN. The action will result in more people being grounded from flights or undergoing secondary screening at airports, though officials wouldn’t indicate how many people might be affected. The terrorist watchlist has about 400,000 names on it, according to the most recent figures reported by the government. Most of them are non-U.S. citizens, and the list includes those suspected of providing…


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