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Private Companies Will Be Able To Access US Terrorist List

Posted by TimSlavin at March 29, 2004

"The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are developing a database that will allow private companies to submit lists of individuals to be screened for a connection to terrorism, the FBI Terrorist Screening Center Director Donna A. Bucella told legislators yesterday.

The database "will eventually allow private-sector entities, such as operators of critical infrastructure facilities or organizers of large events, to submit a list of persons associated with those events to the U.S. government to be screened for any nexus to terrorism," Miss Bucella said at a joint hearing of the House Judiciary and Homeland Security subcommittees." From the Washington Times.

No mention of how private citizens can determine if they're on the list and no mention of a process to remove themselves or contest a listing. Or how people are put on this list (remember this the next time you post a political opinion on the internet or send your opinions by email). Or if there will be a pre-defined list of acceptable reasons to query the terrorist list. This is a particularly scary use of technology. The goal is good but the execution is still murky.

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