Terrorist Data Screening Center is Online
The FBI announced that on March 12 the Terrorist Screening Database went online. The new database facilitates the merging of multiple sources of computer-based information, currently managed by multiple agencies to screen for suspected terrorist. The information on the database will be available to local law enforcement officers who will be alerted if information put into the system identifies an individual as being on the terrorist list. There are no details on how citizens might be placed on the list, but the ramifications of being identified as a potential terrorist can be substantial.
Analysis: U.S. gets one terror list at last, United Press International, March 26, 2004
