Details of FBI Watch Lists Revealed Including Number of Americans

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Details of FBI Watch Lists Revealed Including Number of Americans

by Chris White | 1:36 pm, June 21st, 2016

 

On the Senate floor on Monday during the debate on gun control proposals in the aftermath of the Orlando terror attack, not many people paid attention, but the Vice Chairman Senate Intelligence Committee revealed fascinating new details about who is on the Federal Terrorist Watch Lists.

 

While Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein used a chart to support her argument for her proposed gun control measure, the visual aide also provides the public with a detailed glimpse into an area many know little about. For example, the chart shows that there are actually three different Federal Terrorism Watch Lists — a Terrorist Screening Database, along with two smaller subsets of lists, including the No-Fly-List and even smaller subset known as the Selectee List

 

Feinstein explained that the Watch Lists are populated with “information derived from intelligence and law enforcement sources…” and are maintained by the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center. She further revealed that largest list, the Terrorist Screening Database, contains over one-million records but less than 5,000 Americans included on that list. Or, as Sen. Feinstein repeatedly said, Americans make up less than one-half of one percent of the Terrorist Screening Database