US "suspected terrorist" database had 1.5M names added to it in past 5 years - Boing Boing - 0 views
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dr tech on 20 Jul 14"99 percent of the names submitted to the list are accepted; the court called this "wildly loose." The database has grown from 227,932 names in 2009 to its current stratospheric heights. There is no official, public procedure for having your name removed from the list. The US government is seeking to end the trial by invoking state secrecy."