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geneusutwerk  ·  4242 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So what's the point of a watch list then?

    That database, the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, or TIDE, contains about 700,000 names. It is the main repository from which other government watch lists are drawn, including the F.B.I.’s Terrorist Screening Database and the Transportation Security Administration’s “no fly” list.

I think the problem is that it contains almost 700,000 names.