Watchlists

FBI Inspector General Reports 35% Error Rate on Terror Watchlist

| Importance: 7/10

A Department of Justice Inspector General audit revealed that the FBI’s terrorist watchlist contained approximately 35% errors, with large portions of the list governed by no formal processes for updating or removing records. The report exposed systematic failures in a watchlist system that …

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