Number: RL33645
Title: Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening
Authors: William J. Krouse, Domestic Social Policy Division; Bart Elias, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report examines (1) measures taken in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to improve terrorist watchlists, (2) U.S. agency efforts underway to better screen air passengers against those watchlists prior to departure (preflight), and (3) possible issues associated with maintaining such watchlists and prescreening air passengers, including the misidentification of persons as terrorists as the result of watchlist checks.
Pages: 26
Date: March 1, 2007