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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a nice, short summary of the lists, from a Washington Post article last year.

[quote]People included in the “no fly” list, the database that the Transportation Security Administration uses to screen passengers, are deemed a threat to commercial aviation or national security. This list is a subset of a larger watch list, the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center’s consolidated Terrorist Watchlist. The Terrorist Watchlist also includes the Selectee list, the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database and some individuals found in the National Counter Terrorism Center’s Terrorist Identities Datasmart Environment (TIDE).[/quote]

My general understanding is that a person gets on the lists when certain branches of law enforcement (eg, FBI or DHS, [b]not just Barney Fife down at the Mayberry PD[/b]) determine there's a "reasonable suspicion" he is involved in terrorist activities. 
HTH[/quote]

I seem to recall reading in the post about the Maryland State Police putting peace activists and anti-nuclear protesters onto the watch list just to show them who was boss.[/quote]

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