5 million on terrorism list

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:38:28 -0800
From: Kurt Albershardt <kurt () nv net>
Subject: 5 million on terrorism list
To: dave () farber net

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Tue, January 20, 2004

5 million on terrorism list
Canuck: U.S. on the lookout for 'potential problem'
By TOM GODFREY, TORONTO SUN

U.S. security agents have a master list of five million people worldwide 
thought to be potential terrorists or criminals, officials say. "The U.S. 
lookout index contains some five million names of known terrorists and 
other persons representing a potential problem," Brian Davis, a senior 
Canadian immigration official in Paris, said in a confidential document 
obtained by the Sun.

Names on the list are compared against those applying for visas or on 
flights travelling to the U.S.

Anyone whose name is on the list is questioned or banned from entering the 
U.S. -- as passengers were on two British Airways flights to Los Angeles 
two weeks ago.

The master list was revealed by U.S. embassy officials to a Canadian 
standing immigration committee in April 2002. Its existence was revealed in 
Davis' document, obtained by Montreal lawyer Richard Kurland through an 
Access to Information request.

Davis said Canadian visa officers abroad do not keep an extensive list like 
the U.S. because terrorists can use bogus documents and change their 
identities.

"We examine each application according to profiles," he said. "(We) apply 
experience and knowledge gained from a variety of sources. Canada's 
approach to identifying persons who may pose a danger was as sound as 
possible."

CSIS agents in Paris send a "brief" to Ottawa for cases that require more 
in-depth investigation.

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