Internal Secrets: The Lists

Posted Tue, 03/04/2008 - 05:38 by rba
Marisa Taylor/McClatchy: Critics: New screening methods target Muslims Federal agencies have created internal lists of countries that are of "special interest" . . . So many federal agencies have created different lists that U.S. officials contemplated adopting a single one to streamline the process . . . The proposed list, which officials said had yet to be adopted, includes 35 countries, most with significant Muslim or Arab populations. Almost 20 percent of the world's countries — including some of the United States' key allies, such as Jordan, Turkey and Egypt — are on the list. :: :: ::