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Old May 13, 2007 | 4:27 am
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60 Minutes Story on No-Fly List

I did a search for this article in the forums and did not find it anywhere. In any event, I apologize if it is a repost, as the article was published in 2006.

"What Kip Hawley wouldn’t tell 60 Minutes is that some of the most dangerous terrorists never even end up on the No Fly List, because the intelligence agencies that supply the names don’t want them circulated to airport employees in foreign countries for fear that they could end up in the hands of the terrorists.

Cathy Berrick, the Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues for the General Accounting Office told Kroft that the lists that the airlines get have been sanitized of the most sensitive information.

"They're not given all of the names for security reasons because the government doesn't want to have that information outside of the government," Berrick says.

"But if the point of the system is to keep dangerous people from getting on airplanes, why would you leave some of the potentially most dangerous people off the list?" Kroft asks.

"Yeah, it's a concern. And I think if you talk with the Department of Homeland Security they would agree with that," Berrick says."

Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n2066624.shtml
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