HomeSec Blacklist to be Available to Private Companies

unassimilatible writes "The Washington Times reports that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are developing a database that will allow private companies to submit lists of individuals to be screened for a connection to terrorism. The database will eventually allow private-sector entities, such as operators of critical infrastructure facilities or organizers of large events, to submit a list of persons associated with those events to the U.S. government to be screened for any nexus to terrorism. All of this won't be cheap either; total terror-related IT spending by US federal and state governments will run past $100 billion in 2004. But don't feel left out Europeans, since the EU is considering a terror database as well, although France and UK are reluctant to share intel."

Comments

This is great news!

[Dana P'Simer]

The private sector needs a way to efficiently screen event participants and/or job applicants. I think there should be a way to appeal your being listed in the terrorism database.

Here's the SQL...

[GPLDAN]

Select evildoers, democrats, COUNT(*) FROM eurotrash O, illegales C WHERE O.eurotrash = C.illegales AND implied_intent = 'mal' GROUP BY evildoers, democrats