Commentary
(A version of this letter appeared in the Fredericksburg, Virginia Free Lance-Star on June 30, 2009)
The recent Free Lance-Star editorial (“List full of holes,” June 25, 2009) included a number of inaccurate statements—and critical omissions—about the U.S. government’s consolidated terrorist watch list.
Neither the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) nor the Department of Justice has ever stated that the terrorist watch list contains more than 1 million names. Instead, the Department of Justice explained…
