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Oversight Board’s Watchlist Report Underscores Need for Major Overhaul

The PCLOB's release of its report on terrorist watchlists makes it clear that sweeping changes to the watchlist system are long past due.
Diplomats take part in the Global Counterterrorism Forum in Istanbul on June 7, 2012. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

Looks Are Deceiving: The Rebranding and Perpetuation of Counterterrorism Watchlisting in Multilateral Spaces

Counterterrorism watchlisting practices continue to erode due process, human rights, and the rule of law around the world.
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders hosts the large international consultations with representatives of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) and the Anti ISIS coalition in the fight against terror In The Hague, January 11, 2016. The representatives sit in a large room around tables arranged into a square. Large screens show projections of the minister speaking.

Watchlisting the World: Digital Security Infrastructures, Informal Law, and the “Global War on Terror”

The Global Counterterrorism Forum's new "toolkit" ignores input, tracks US practice to dangerously expand the unaccountable post-9/11 system.
A graphic details information that goes into the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) and informs other databases. Two way arrows are shown connecting the following information and the TSDB. Visas, government benefits, borders, airlines, state and local police, passports, firearms, hazmat, port workers, and special events.

Why a Judge’s Terrorism Watchlist Ruling is a Game Changer: What Happens Next

Leading expert and author of a book on the subject, Jeffrey Kahn explains what happens now that a court declared a major terrorist watchlist unconstitutional.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent checks an overseas visitor's fingerprints and image in a database January 5, 2004 at JFK airport in New York City.

Q&A on Court Decision Invalidating Administration’s Terrorism Watchlist

Expert Backgrounder on the big questions coming out of the court's ruling. The case involved US citizens. How might the ruling affect foreign nationals? What were the judge's key…

Like His Boss, Pence Misleads Public About Terrorism and Immigration

Vice President Mike Pence's statement this week about apprehending terrorists at the southern border was wrong and is consistent with the administration’s practice of dressing…

The UN Security Council, Global Watch Lists, Biometrics, and the Threat to the Rule of Law

Members of the United Nations Security Council meet at U.N. headquarters, April 5, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) While much of the world was not paying attention,…
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