Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Practices

Download or read book Federal Bureau of Investigation's Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Practices written by Glenn A. Fine and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The governments consolidated terrorist watchlist was created in March 2004 by merging previously separate watchlists that were once maintained by different gov¿t. agencies. The watchlist is managed by the FBI. As of Dec. 31, 2008, the terrorist watchlist contained more than 1.1 million known or suspected terrorist identities. This report: (1) determines whether subjects of FBI terrorism invest. are appropriately and timely watchlisted and if these records are updated with new info; (2) determines whether subjects of closed FBI terrorism invest. are removed from the terrorist watchlist in a timely manner; and (3) examines the FBI¿s watchlist nomination practices for individuals that were not associated with current terrorism case designations. Illustrations.